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Infection & Response

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all the ways you can detect plant diseases

a)

stunted growth

b)

coughing

c)

areas of decay

d)

discoloration

e)

presence of pests

2.

Name one way of identifying plant diseases

(a)  

3.

Which of these is a viral plant disease

a)

rose black spot

b)

tobacco mosaic virus

c)

human immuno-deficiency virus

d)

measles

4.

Why does nitrate deficiency cause stunted growth?

a)

nitrogen is used to make amino acids

b)

nitrogen is used to make chlorophyll

c)

amino acids are used for growth of a plant

d)

magnesium is used to make chlorophyll

5.

Magnesium deficiency causes ..?

(a)  

6.

These are all ... defense responses

cellulose cell walls

waxy cuticle

layers of dead cells

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

mechanical

7.

These are all ... defense responses

antibacterial chemicals

poisons to deter herbivores

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

mechanical

8.

These are all ... adaptations

thorns and hairs

leaves which droop and curl

mimicry

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

mechanical

9.

A communicable disease is an ... disease which is transmissible from one individual to another

(a)  

10.

Name a type of pathogen

(a)  

11.

How are pathogens spread?

a)

airbourne transmission

b)

direct contact

c)

contaminated food or water

d)

licking your hand after opening a door

12.

Select all the types of bacterial pathogen

a)

salmonella

b)

rose black spot

c)

malaria

d)

gonorrhoea

13.

Name a symptom of salmonella

(a)  

14.

How is gonorrhoea spread?

a)

airbourne transmission

b)

contaminated food or water

c)

sexual contact

15.

Select all viral pathogens

a)

measles

b)

HIV

c)

TMV

d)

covid

16.

... is spread through droplets in the air?

(viral pathogen)

(a)  

17.

What is used to prevent HIV developing into AIDS?

(a)  

18.

TRUE OR FALSE

humans can contract TMV

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

TWV has a distinctive mosaic pattern of discolouration which reduces..?

(a)  

20.

What type of pathogen is rose black spot?

a)

protist

b)

pathogen

c)

funghi

d)

bacteria

21.

How can rose black spot be treated?

a)

funghicides

b)

penicillin

c)

destroying affected leaves

d)

washing your hands

22.

What type of pathogen is malaria?

a)

protist

b)

bacteria

c)

funghi

d)

virus

23.

the vector in malaria is?

(a)  

24.

cancer is a ... growth or tumor resulting from uncontrolled division of cells

(a)  

25.

TRUE OR FALSE

benign tumors do not spread

a)

TRUE

b)

FASLE

26.

TRUE OR FALSE

malignant tumors undergo metastasis

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

What is metastsis?

a)

spreading of tumor cells

b)

the formation of secondary tumors

c)

a type of cancer

d)

how fast/slow a tumor grows

28.

How does cancer originally form?

a)

infection from someone else

b)

mutation in DNA

c)

mutation in cells

29.

DEVELOPMENT OF A CANCER CELL

-mutation in DNA

-changes in gene controlling mitosis

-brake on cell division is removes

-...?

-malignant tumor forms

(a)  

30.

Select all human defense systems

a)

the skin

b)

nails

c)

nose

d)

stomach

31.

What does the stomach contain which kills pathogens that enter it?

(a)  

32.

Select all the things the nose, trachea and bronchi do to remove pathogens

a)

nose contains hairs which trap large microbes

b)

trachea and bronchi contain cilia which waft the particles back up

c)

trachea and bronchi contain goblet cells which produce mucus and trap smaller microbes

d)

nose contains ilia which waft dust particles out

33.

Name a type of white blood cell

(a)  

34.

What do phagocytes do?

a)

produce antibodies

b)

produce antitoxins

c)

engulf and digest pathogens

d)

remember the pathogen so that upon re-infection you can destroy the pathogen before you feel ill

35.

What do white memory cells do?

a)

produce antibodies

b)

produce antitoxins

c)

engulf and digest pathogens

d)

remember the pathogen so that upon re-infection you can destroy the pathogen before you feel ill

36.

What do lymphocytes do?

a)

produce antibodies

b)

produce antitoxins

c)

engulf and digest pathogens

d)

remember the pathogen so that upon re-infection you can destroy the pathogen before you feel ill

37.

The process in which phagocytes engulf and digest pathogens is called?

(a)  

38.

What is this process called?

a dead or inactive form of a pathogen is injected into a person, stimulating an immune response without symptoms of disease

(a)  

39.

Select all the different types of immunity

a)

passive immunity

b)

active immunity

c)

herd immunity

d)

natural immunity

e)

artificial immunity

40.

Select all the things tested in a drug trial

a)

dosage

b)

efficacy

c)

safety

d)

side-effects

41.

Pre-Clinical Trials..?

a)

drug is tested on a large number of patients over a long amount of time to compare it to other drugs

b)

drug is tested on a small number of healthy volunteers to see if it safe or has any harmful effects

c)

drug is tested using cells, tissues and live animals to see if the drug looks promising

d)

drug is tested on a small number of patients to see it is effective and to find the optimum dose

42.

Phase one..?

a)

drug is tested on a large number of patients over a long amount of time to compare it to other drugs

b)

drug is tested on a small number of healthy volunteers to see if it safe or has any harmful effects

c)

drug is tested using cells, tissues and live animals to see if the drug looks promising

d)

drug is tested on a small number of patients to see it is effective and to find the optimum dose

43.

Phase two..?

a)

drug is tested on a large number of patients over a long amount of time to compare it to other drugs

b)

drug is tested on a small number of healthy volunteers to see if it safe or has any harmful effects

c)

drug is tested using cells, tissues and live animals to see if the drug looks promising

d)

drug is tested on a small number of patients to see it is effective and to find the optimum dose

44.

Phase three..?

a)

drug is tested on a large number of patients over a long amount of time to compare it to other drugs

b)

drug is tested on a small number of healthy volunteers to see if it safe or has any harmful effects

c)

drug is tested using cells, tissues and live animals to see if the drug looks promising

d)

drug is tested on a small number of patients to see it is effective and to find the optimum dose

45.

Most drug trials are ... meaning neither scientists nor subjects know who got the drug

(a)  

46.

What kind of cell is created when you mix a tumor cell with a lymphocyte?

(a)  

47.

Why are monoclonal antibodies not used as much as they were hoped to be?

a)

They are harder to make than originally thought

b)

They are more expensive to make than originally thought

c)

They create more side-effects than originally thought

d)

They aren't as effective as originally thought

48.

Select all advantages of a hybridoma cell

a)

can produce antibodies

b)

can't produce antibodies

c)

divides slowly

d)

divides rapidly

49.

Select all uses of monoclonal antibodies

a)

pregnancy tests

b)

lateral flow tests

c)

locating specific molecules in the body

d)

binding to radioactive substances to treat cancer

50.

What does DNA stand for?

(a)