Infection and response questions with
correct answers
Pathogen ✅✅A disease causing agent
Bacteria ✅✅Prokaryotic, single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and can cause
infection
Fungi ✅✅Organisms many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter,
classed in their own kingdom from plants and animals
Protist ✅✅A pathogen from the kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not
classified as plants, animals, or fungi
Virus ✅✅A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living
cell.
HIV ✅✅A virus that attacks and destroys the human immune system.
MMR ✅✅measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine)
Measles ✅✅Virus spread by droplets from a sneeze or a cough
Symptoms: red skin rash and a fever
It can sometimes lead to pneumonia or encephalitis (a brain infection)
Can be vaccinated against
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) ✅✅pathogen that causes mosaic pattern of
discolouration on leaves and affects growth of plant (typically tomato plants)
Malaria ✅✅A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting protists in the blood.
Vector (biological) ✅✅Necessary for the transfer of the pathogen
Host ✅✅an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite/protist
Salmonella ✅✅a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, especially causing
food poisoning.
Gonorrhea ✅✅A sexually transmitted bacterial disease caused by a gonococcus
bacterium that causes inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, burning pain
when urinating, and a discharge
First line of defense ✅✅intact skin, mucous membranes and their secretions, hair
correct answers
Pathogen ✅✅A disease causing agent
Bacteria ✅✅Prokaryotic, single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and can cause
infection
Fungi ✅✅Organisms many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter,
classed in their own kingdom from plants and animals
Protist ✅✅A pathogen from the kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not
classified as plants, animals, or fungi
Virus ✅✅A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living
cell.
HIV ✅✅A virus that attacks and destroys the human immune system.
MMR ✅✅measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine)
Measles ✅✅Virus spread by droplets from a sneeze or a cough
Symptoms: red skin rash and a fever
It can sometimes lead to pneumonia or encephalitis (a brain infection)
Can be vaccinated against
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) ✅✅pathogen that causes mosaic pattern of
discolouration on leaves and affects growth of plant (typically tomato plants)
Malaria ✅✅A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting protists in the blood.
Vector (biological) ✅✅Necessary for the transfer of the pathogen
Host ✅✅an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite/protist
Salmonella ✅✅a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, especially causing
food poisoning.
Gonorrhea ✅✅A sexually transmitted bacterial disease caused by a gonococcus
bacterium that causes inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, burning pain
when urinating, and a discharge
First line of defense ✅✅intact skin, mucous membranes and their secretions, hair
