Viral disease

• Biology
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Health and Disease

What does health refer to?

1. If you are sick or not
2. Just your physical well being
3. Your physical and mental well being
4. How happy you are

Communicable diseases...

1. can be spread
2. cannot be spread
3. only effect you once
4. you cannot get infected by

What is an example of a communicable disease?

Non-communicable diseases...

1. can be spread
2. cannot be spread
3. only effect you once
4. you cannot get infected by

What is an example of a non-communicable disease?

Pathogens

What is a pathogen?

1. A type of plant
2. A microorganism that causes disease
3. A type of medication
4. A type of disease

Name a common type of pathogen

How do pathogens spread?

1. Through telepathy
2. Through sound waves
3. Through air, water, and physical contact
4. Through sunlight

Viruses

Viruses are alive.
True or False

True

False

What do viruses contain?

What causes the symptoms of viral infections?

1. Body reacting to cells being damaged
2. Body reacting to heat
3. Body fighting itself
4. Body reacting to bacteria

Which of these viruses is a respiratory infection?

1. Measles
2. HIV
3. TMV
4. AIDS

Which of these does NOT affect humans?

1. Influenza
2. Measles
3. HIV
4. TMV

What is the most common symptom of HIV?

Flu-like symptoms

Joint Pain

Bleeding

No symptoms

Muscle Aches

The measles vaccine is given as part of which vaccine?

1. RMD
2. AIDS
3. BCM
4. MMR

Tobacco Mosaic Virus is NOT curable

True

False

Match the virus to the cells it attacks

Leaf Cells

Immune Cells

Respiratory Cells

HIV

TMV

Measles