Communicable diseases - measles and HIV

• Science
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Communicable diseases

How many types of pathogens are there?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

What type of pathogen is this?

1. Virus
2. Bacteria
3. Protist
4. Fungi

What type of pathogen is this?

1. Virus
2. Bacteria
3. Protist
4. Fungi

What type of pathogen is this?

1. Virus
2. Bacteria
3. Protist
4. Fungi

What is HIV caused by?

1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Fungi
4. Protist

What is measles caused by?

1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Fungi
4. Protist

What is influenza caused by?

1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Fungi
4. Protist

What is athletes foot caused by?

1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Fungi
4. Protist

What is malaria caused by?

1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Fungi
4. Protist

Where do viruses invade and replicate?

1. On the skin
2. In your tears
3. In the cells
4. In the blood

Which are the symptoms of measles

1. total-body skin rash and flu-like symptoms,
2. a fever, cough, and runny nose
3. Sneezing and lying down
4. hunger and fatigue

How does measles spread?

1. Touch
2. Taste
3. Coughs and sneezes
4. Sexual Contact

How could we reduce the spread of measles?

1. Use antibiotics on people with measles
2. Wear a mask.

What is the name of the vaccine used to prevent measles?

1. AMR
2. MRM
3. RMM
4. MMR

Why is measles rare in the UK?

1. We have great immune systems
2. We have lots of antibiotics
3. Lots of people had the MMR vaccine
4. We have an NHS

What does HIV stand for

1. Human immuno virus
2. Human immunodeficiency virus

How is HIV not passed on

1. Sexual contact
2. Sharing of needles
3. Direct contact with body fluids
4. Kissing

What are not the symptoms for HIV?

1. Chills
2. Muscle aches
3. Vomiting
4. Sore throat

What does early detection and treatment of HIV stop?

1. Normal life expectancy
2. The virus from replicating

What does early detection and treatment of HIV stop?

1. The risk of infecting other people
2. The virus from being in someone

What causes Aids?

1. Unprotected sexual contact
2. Bacteria
3. Untreated HIV
4. All cases of HIV

What does HIV attack?

1. Immune cells
2. All cells
3. Growth of a sufferer
4. The immune system

What is the tobacco mosaic virus also called

1. TMV
2. MTV
3. VMT
4. MVT

What does TMV cause?

1. Bigger leaves
2. Flowers with no colour
3. The leaf to loose colour and look patchy

What happens to the colour of leaves with TMV

1. Turn brown
2. Turn yellow
3. Stay green
4. Turn red