Topic 3 - Infection and response

Question 1

Pathogens

Answer 1

Microorganisms enter your body and cause diseases.

Question 2

Bacteria

Answer 2

Very small that rapidly increase

release toxins

Question 3

viruses

Answer 3

They are not cells, they’re smaller that rapidly reproduce and reprogram your cells to make copies of themselves

Question 4

Protist

Answer 4

Single-celled eukaryotes live on or inside other organisms

Question 5

fungi

Answer 5

Have a body made of Hyphae
they grow then penetrate your skins or surface of the plant
produce spores

Question 6

Ways pathogens spread

Answer 6

water
air
direct contact