Revision Questions

1. What is a pathogen?

2. What are the two types of pathogen we need to know about?

3. Name 3 diseases caused by each type.

4. How do harmful bacteria in our bodies make us feel ill?

5. How do viruses hurt us?

6. There are 3 ways that white blood cells protect us. What are they?

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7. If you have flu the doctor may prescribe Paracetamol. Why?

8. What kind of medicine might the doctor prescribe for a serious infection?

9. MRSA is a bug that has become resistant to antibiotics. How did it become resistant?

10. A child is injected with a dead form of the measles virus. What is this process called?

11. What will the child's white blood cells learn to do?

12. If the child becomes infected with measles later in life what will happen?

13. What does the MMR vaccine protect children against?