8.1 Bacteria

Question 1

Disease

Answer 1

Disease is a term to describe anything that prevents the body or parts of the body from functioning properly

Question 2

contagious disease

Answer 2

A disease that can be spread from person to person. R0 value is the amount of people that are infected

Question 3

Pathogens

Answer 3

Pathogens are organisms that cause disease. e.g bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites.

Question 4

Bacteria

Answer 4

Microscopic and unicellular. Only a small number of bacteria are pathogens

Question 5

Antibiotics

Answer 5

commonly used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria by targeting their cell walls or metabolic pathways

Question 6

tetanus

Answer 6

One the bacterium enters the body it multiplies and releases toxins. Toxins can cause muscle spasms, respitory failures and even heart attacks.

Question 7

Gastroenteritis

Answer 7

Salmonella enteritis releases poisons which can cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea leading to dehydration.

Question 8

Infections

Answer 8

when a pathogen enters the body and reaches its target cell, when the infection breaks through our defenses we get sick. can occur in a number of different ways depending on the pathogen