Topic 3 Viral, fungal and protist diseases +

Question 1

Examples of viral diseases

Answer 1

Measles
HIV
Tobacco mosaic virus

Question 2

What are measles spread by

Answer 2

Droplets from an infected person

Question 3

Symptoms of measles

Answer 3

Red rash fever

Question 4

What is HIV spread by

Answer 4

Sexual contact or exchanging bodily fluids

Question 5

What does HIV attack

Answer 5

Immune cells

Question 6

Symptoms of HIV

Answer 6

FLu like symptoms that fade over time

Question 7

What can stop HIV replicating in the body

Answer 7

antiretroviral drugs

Question 8

Symptoms of tobacco mosaic virus

Answer 8

Leaves become discoloured

Question 9

What does discoloured leaves mean

Answer 9

Photosynthesis can’t happen

Question 10

Example of fungal diseases

Answer 10

Rose black spot

Question 11

Symptoms of rose black spot

Answer 11

Purple or black spots on leaves of rose plants
Eventually turn yellow and drop off

Question 12

What does rose black spot spread by

Answer 12

Water or the wind

Question 13

How can rose black spot be treated

Answer 13

Fungicides and stripping the plant of affected leaves

Question 14

Example of a disease caused by a protist

Answer 14

Malaria

Question 15

How is malaria spread

Answer 15

Mosquitoes pick up the malaria a protist when they feed on an infected animal

Question 16

Symptoms of malaria

Answer 16

Repeating episodes of fever

Question 17

What can stop the spread of malaria

Answer 17

Mosquitoes from breeding and protecting people using insecticides and mosquito nets