GCSE Biology HEALTH AND DISEASE
Exam Questions and Correct Answers
What is a communicable disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disease that is contagious
and is caused by a pathogen
What are the four types of pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Virus, Bacteria, Fungi
and Protozoa
Non-Communicable disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cant be spread and is genetic
What is a degenerative disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Caused by the breakdown of
tissue
What types of disease are non communicable? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lifestyle,
genetic, degenerative
What is a pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disease causing organism
What is bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of pathogen that produces toxins that
damage tissues and they multiply very quickly
how do bacteria multiply - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅binary fission
what is fungi - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they are either single celled or have a body made
up of hyphae and they produce spores which can be spread to other organisms
What is a virus? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of pathogen that lives and replicates
within cells and causes cell damage.
, How does a virus reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The pathogen needs a host cell
to reproduce so it will invade one and reproduce until it bursts
How does bacteria reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Through binary fission. They
reproduce rapidly and can double in numbers every 20 minutes.
Lymphocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅white blood cells that produce antibodies that
fight infection
Phagocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A white blood that engulf pathogens
What are the five defences that our body has? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cilia,
Hydrochloric, acid, skin,
Tears and saliva
health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being
Why does the presence of one disease make you more susceptible to other diseases - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Your immune system in already weakened
Cholera symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅diarrhoea
Tuberculosis symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Coughing and lung damage
Malaria symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Damage to red blood cells and liver
How is cholera transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅contaminated water
Exam Questions and Correct Answers
What is a communicable disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disease that is contagious
and is caused by a pathogen
What are the four types of pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Virus, Bacteria, Fungi
and Protozoa
Non-Communicable disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cant be spread and is genetic
What is a degenerative disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Caused by the breakdown of
tissue
What types of disease are non communicable? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lifestyle,
genetic, degenerative
What is a pathogen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disease causing organism
What is bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of pathogen that produces toxins that
damage tissues and they multiply very quickly
how do bacteria multiply - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅binary fission
what is fungi - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they are either single celled or have a body made
up of hyphae and they produce spores which can be spread to other organisms
What is a virus? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of pathogen that lives and replicates
within cells and causes cell damage.
, How does a virus reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The pathogen needs a host cell
to reproduce so it will invade one and reproduce until it bursts
How does bacteria reproduce? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Through binary fission. They
reproduce rapidly and can double in numbers every 20 minutes.
Lymphocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅white blood cells that produce antibodies that
fight infection
Phagocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A white blood that engulf pathogens
What are the five defences that our body has? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cilia,
Hydrochloric, acid, skin,
Tears and saliva
health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being
Why does the presence of one disease make you more susceptible to other diseases - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Your immune system in already weakened
Cholera symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅diarrhoea
Tuberculosis symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Coughing and lung damage
Malaria symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Damage to red blood cells and liver
How is cholera transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅contaminated water
