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Term 2 topic test
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9th Grade
05/05/2016

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Describe a virus.
Definition
A microbe composed of genetic material and protein that cannot replicate itself.
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Infection with macroparasites can be reduced by...
Definition
Improved sanitation
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Bacteria causes
Definition

- Cholera

- Gastoenteritis

- Typhoid

- Tetanus

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Describe Prions.
Definition
The most recently discovered and possibly the smallest pathogen which can cause normal proteins to adopt its abnormal shape.
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What are some forms of diseases?
Definition

- Fungus

- Macroparasite

- Bacterium

- Protozoa

- Prions

- Virus

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Classify: fungi, protozoa, virus and bacteria. In order of the largest to smallest.

 

Definition
(Fungi, protozoa, bacteria, virus)
Term
Tinea is...
Definition
An opportunistic fungal infection.
Term

Fungi

Definition
Are opportunistic (able to spread quickly) pathogens
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Describe Malaria.
Definition

- Caused by the protist plasmodium

- Spread by a mosquito (a vector)

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Viruses are...
Definition
Not considered to be living things because they do not self-reproduce
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Antibiotics.
Definition
Kill many types of bacteria.
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Cocci.
Definition
Spherical-shaped bacteria.
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What are Pathogens.
Definition
Micro-organisms that cause disease.
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Define a 'communicable disease'
Definition
A disease that is transmitted easily from person to person.
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Name types of infectious diseases.
Definition

- Chickenpox

- Ringworm

- Polio

- Malareia

- AIDS

- Rubella

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What can pathogens do?
Definition
vary in type and size
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What are some features of non-infectious diseases?
Definition

- Not contagious

- Not caused bu microbes

- Are either genetic, caused by poor diet, lifestyle or environmental factors

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What are the 2 groups of diseases?
Definition

Infectious & Non-infectious

 

Term
Name non-infectious diseases.
Definition

- Haemophilia

- Asthma

- Leukaemia

- Cancer

- Multiple sclerosis

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How are infectious diseases caught?
Definition

- By breathing in air containing pathogens

- By breathing in water droplets from an infected person

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Define pandemic.
Definition
An outbreak that goes global, placing everyone on the planet at risk.
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Define outbreak.
Definition
A disease that suddenly gets out of control.
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Define epidemic.
Definition
Higher than the normal no. people are affected by a particular disease in a certain place.
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Define endemic.
Definition
A disease that regulary affects a small no. people in the population.
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What are some examples of parasites?
Definition

- Intestinal worms

- Leeches

- Fleas

- Ticks

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Define parasite.
Definition
An egent that uses the host for food or shelter.
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Define a 'vector'
Definition
An organism that carries a pathogen and transmits it to the host, but is not affected by it.
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Define an agent/pathogen.
Definition
Anything that causes disease.
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What is a micro-organism?
Definition
an organism so small that it can only be seen with a microscope e.g. bacteria, virus
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A micro-organism is known as a...
Definition
Microbe
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Describe protozoa.
Definition
Large, single-celled organisms which often have a cyst stage to protect them during their time between hosts.
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Define pathogen.
Definition
A biological agent that causes diseases.
Term
Vaccines.
Definition
Are used to prevent viruses.
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Helminths.
Definition
A pathogen that is visible to the naked eye and may complete part of its life cycle in the human body.
Term
Define 'isotope'
Definition
An atom with more neutrons in the nucleus.
Term
How has knowledge of the atom progressed over time?
Definition

- Ancient Greeks (400 bce)

- Daltons's "Indivisible and Indestructible atoms" model (1805)

- Thomson's "Plum Pudding" model (1911)

- Bohr's "Shell" model (1911)

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Compare mortality rates of indigenous people to non-indigenous people suffering certain diseases.
Definition
Mortality rates for indigenous australians are quite high compared to non- indigenous australians especially for 'end-stage renal disease'
Term
What are some significant indigenous health issues? And what are they caused by?
Definition

- Heart health issues (poor diet)

- Type 2 diabetes (drugs, diet)

- Kidney disease (diabetes, alcohol, high blood pressure) 

- Dementure (alcohol, brain damage)

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Describe 3 ways that the spread of disease is controlled.
Definition

- Quarantine

- Vaccines (prevent)

- Screening people at airports

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Define antigen.
Definition
A foreing substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
Term
What is the first line of defense?
Definition

- skin

-tears

- ear wax

- mucus membranes

 

Term
What is involved in the second line of defense?
Definition

- Inflammation

- fever

- blood clotting

Term
Describe an inflammation reaction.
Definition

- injured body cells release chemicals called histamines

- capillaries dilate

- Pyrogens are released

- Temperature rises

-Pain receptors activate

-WBCs flock to the infected area

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What is the 3rd line of defense?
Definition
Making antibodies to specific antigens.
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What do antibodies do?
Definition
Proteins latch onto, damage and slow down foreign particles.
Term
Describe how your skin defends the body (in the 1st line of defense)
Definition

- The dead outer layer of skin (the epidermis) forms a shield against invaders

- It secretes chemicals that kills potential invaders 

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Describe how mucus protects the body.
Definition

- Foreign particles that you breathe in bump into mucus in the respiratory system and become stuck

- Cilia sweep the mucus into the throat 

- Stomach acide or saliva breaks down the foreign particles

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Define organelle.
Definition
Organised or specialised structures within a living cell.
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What do viruses do within the body?
Definition

- enter body cells

- hijack their organelles

- turn cell into a virus

- cell will eventually burst releasing thousands of viruses to infect new cells

Term
State the function of the immune system.
Definition
- to protect the body from foreign particles/pathogens
Term
What are examples of the forms of infectious diseases?
Definition

Bacteria: salmonella

Fungi: ringworm

Virus: Rubella

Protozoa: Malaria

Term
What is negative feedback? Give an example.
Definition

Negative feedback ensures that homeostasis is achieved by returning the control system back to the set level.


E.g. if we get to hot our blood vessels in our skin vasodilate (become larger) and we lose heat and cool back. Thus return to set body levels. 

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What are some factors (other than temperature) that are controlled by negative feeback?
Definition

- blood oxygen levels

- salt levels

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Describe homeostasis.
Definition

- relating to the survival of cells inside of an organism

 - body systems work together to maintain homeostasis (a healthy environment that cells can survive in)

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What is the function of hormones and the endocrine system?
Definition
- Regulates metabloism, growth, tissue function, reproduction, sleep etc.
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What is the function of the peripheral nervous system?
Definition
To connect the cns to the limbs and sensory organs.
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What are the lobes within the cns/brain?
Definition

- frontal

- parietal

- occipital

- temporal

Term
What are the functions of these lobes within the brain?
Definition

Frontal: reasoning, movement, emotions

Parietal: perception of stimuli, orientation

Occipital: visual processing

Temporal: auditory stimuli, memorys, speech

Term
Compare the endocrine and nervous system.
Definition

Both systems use chemical messengers to signal cells

Speed- endocrine= long/slow

         nervous= very fast

Term
What are types of receptors for detecting stimuli?
Definition

- light

- sound

- chemicals

- touch

-temperature

Term
How do messages travel and what message is involved in the nervous system?
Definition

- message travels through the nerves in the sense organs, spinal cord and brain

 

- message involves is an impulse

Term
How do messages travel and what message is involved in the endocrine system?
Definition

- Messages travel through the blood stream

- Messages are chemical/electrical impulses 

Term
Describe motor, sensory and internuerons.
Definition

Sensory: send information to the CNS

Motor: send information away from the CNS

Interneurons: send information between the sensory and motor neurons

Term
Explain the function of the nervous system.
Definition
To coordinate and control the body through communicating messages. 
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Fungi.
Definition
Causes infectiouns on the body's surface and sometimes internally, but many (fungi) have a useful function.
Term
Antibiotics.
Definition
Can be used against bacterial infections.
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