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WorksheetsEasy Peesey Lemon Diseasey
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Communicable diseases include
Cancers
Those caused by an individuals genetics
Any disease you can talk about
Those that can be acquired and are caused by pathogens
Communicable diseases impact...
humans
humans and other animals
plants and animals
potentially, all forms of life
Germ theory is the idea that disease is caused by micro-organisms, explaining how communicable disease can be caused and prevented
Who discovered germ theory?
Semmelweis
Lister
Jenner
Pasteur
Controlling the spread of microbes can be performed using
(a) hand washing
(b) anti-septic sprays
which two scientists made these advances?
Semmelweis
Lister
Jenner
Pasteur
"The injection of genetic material into host cells, causing cell processes to turn to the reproduction of the pathogen and, ultimately cell death."
This best describes the mode of infection of what kind of pathogen?
(a)
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Viruses are...
The smallest form of life
Smaller than bacteria
Prokaryotes
Not usually considered to be alive
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Salmonella and gonorrhoea are...
Viral diseases
Both treatable with antibiotics
Bacterial diseases
Spread through the air
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Salmonella and gonorrhoea are...
Bacteria
Skin diseases
Best managed through prevention
Spread through (S) food, poor hygeine, (G) sexual contact
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Tobacco mosaic disease and rose black spot...
are impossible to manage
are diseases of plants
can adversely affect human health
are bacterial diseases
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Tobacco mosaic disease and rose black spot...
Mainly affect the leaves of plants
Are caused by bacteria
(Applies to one pathogen only)
Are caused by fungi
(Applies to one pathogen only)
Are caused by viruses
(Applies to one pathogen only)
Good field hygiene
Pest control
Prevention of contact between diseased plants
Use of resistant variants
are strategies best suited to
Greenkeeping on golf courses
Controlling Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Raising children
Controlling Rose Black Spot
Fungicides
Stripping plants of diseased leaves
Burning diseased plant matter
are strategies best suited to
Singing sad ballads
Controlling Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Making bad salads
Controlling Rose Black Spot
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Which infections can be prevented by using condoms / practising safe sex
HIV
a viral infection
Gonorrhoea
a viral infection
HIV
a bacterial infection
Gonorrhoea
a bacterial infection
Which disease:
Can be controlled by vaccination
Is viral
Is transmitted as an airborne infection
Has flu-like symptoms
Measles
HIV
Malaria
Plasmodium
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Malaria
Is a disease caused by protists
Is transmitted by vector organisms
Is preventable/
treatable with antimalarial drugs
Is caused by an organism called Plasmodium
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Which of these pathogens are mainly transmitted through the air?
Rose black spot
(Fungal)
Malaria
(Protist)
Measles
(Viral)
HIV
(Viral)
