Infectious Disease
Name ONE infectious disease
Answers could include; COVID-19, Influenza, chickenpox, HIV, measles, tuberculosis, dengue fever, hepatitis B, meningococcal disease, Ebola, food poisoning, common cold, etc.
Name ONE non-infectious disease
Answers could include- cancer, diabetes, stroke, heart disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, etc.
Which type of blood cell protects against pathogens entering the body? Red or White?
White blood cells
True/False: Vaccinations are only used for infectious diseases.
True
True/false- Vaccinations are not safe, and can be very risky.
FALSE- Vaccinations are very safe and protect you from disease.
Define the term 'pathogen'
An organism that causes an infectious disease.
Name a disease which is genetic.
Breast cancer, Cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anaemia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, etc.
What things make up the first line of immune defence?
Physical barriers (eg. skin), chemical barriers (eg. stomach acid, saliva)
Define the term 'vaccination'
Exposing your body to a dead or weakened version of a particular pathogen so that your body's immune response can recognise and defend against the actual pathogen.
A malignant tumour is one that is ________.
cancerous
If a sick person touches a door handle, then I touch the door handle and get sick. This is an example of what...?
Indirect Transmission
What are the three risk factor classifications of non-infectious disease?
1. Genetic
2. Environment
3. Lifestyle
Macrophages are a type of white blood cell which act in the second line of defence. HOW do they kill invading pathogens?
Name a vaccination that you are given in high school
Year 7- Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis
Year 7- HPV
Year 10- meningococcal
A healthy person has what THREE things?
A healthy mind, body and good nutrition
Define the term 'vector'.
Any living organism which helps spread a pathogen from one organism to another.
Eg. Mosquitoes help transport the protozoa pathogen which causes Malaria.
Define cancer.
Answer must include "Uncontrolled cell growth"
What are antigens?
Markers which your body can recognise as FOREIGN, to elicit an immune response.
In other words, they tell your immune system whether something in your body is harmful or not.
Define 'herd immunity'
The indirect protection from an infectious disease when a large proportion of the community is vaccinated against that disease.
Name a disease which can be caused by both lifestyle AND environmental risk factors.
Answers could include
- Lung cancer (from smoking AND exposure to asbestos)
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What type of pathogen causes chickenpox?
Virus
What is atherosclerosis?
A build up of fat in the arteries which can lead to high blood pressure and possibly cardiac arrest.
What is the difference between the adaptive and the innate immune response?
The innate immune response is faster than the adaptive immune response, though the adaptive immune response has "memory".
What is a 'live attenuated vaccine'
A vaccine which contains a weakened version of the virus that most closely mimics natural infection.
Arrange these four pathogen types in order from smallest to largest; protozoa, bacteria, virus and multicellular fungi
1. Viruses (Smallest)
2. Bacteria
3. Protozoa
4. Fungi (largest)