Survival of the Sickest

What is hemochromatosis?

• A disease of the blood that makes too little iron

• A disease of the blood that makes too much iron

• A disease caused by the plague

• A blood disease caused by parasites

Parasites live in their hosts for the following reasons

• They need a place to hide from predators.

• They need food water and shelter until they need to reproduce.

• They need a place only to reproduce

• They want to kill the host

Which way(s) do microbes or parasites move from host to host?

• They move through nearby transmission or direct physical contact.

• they transmit through the use of another parasite such as a mosquito or fly that will transport to another host.

• They move through transportation via water or food that other host will take in.

• All of the above

What is cholera?

• A cold that humans can get form cats

• A cough that young children get after paying in the dirt

• Cholera is a waterborne disease that causes severe diarrhea

• A disease that causes you to have too much iron

What are the serious cases cholera can cause?

• The persistent diarrhea can cause dehydration and death.

• Too much iron in the blood

• Parasites will take over your body

• A patient will not be able to walk

What are the experiences people with malaria may go through?

• Sneering excessively to spread the contamination.

• They feel like they have too much energy.

• They will have too much iron in their system.

• People with malaria experience a terrible cycle of fever and chills, accompanied by debilitating weakness and fatigue.

Unpurified water can be the source of what

• Parasites

• Disease

• illnesses

• all of the above

Juvenile Diabetes has the following conditions.

• Affects people in the early 20's-30's

• Affects pregnant women only during pregnancy

• Affects children and lasts their entire lifetime

• Affects seniors who are 20-30 pounds overweight

What are the two basic types of jumping genes?

• DNA transposons and retrotransposons

• DNA ligase and polymerase

• DNA ribose and dextrose

• DNA methylation and telomeres

With what drug is a pregnant women often injected with to help speed up the development of her fetus for survival?

• Sucralose

• Betamethasone

• Iodine

• Betacaroteen