Starter quiz
- True or false? Disease is a cause of ill health.
- True ✓
- False
- True or false? Diseases are always caused by pathogens.
- True
- False ✓
- What organ pumps blood around the body?
- 'The heart' ✓
Which of the following can be pathogens?- fungi ✓
- bacteria ✓
- obesity
- viruses ✓
- smoking
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- Which of the following are lifestyle factors that can cause disease?
- exercising regularly
- obesity ✓
- drinking alcohol ✓
- clean water
- smoking regularly ✓
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- Which of the following is not a disease?
- cancer
- broken toe ✓
- fungal nail infection
- measles
- depression
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Exit quiz
True or false? Plants can get diseases.- True ✓
- False
- Which diseases are non-communicable?
- stroke ✓
- asthma ✓
- heart disease ✓
- HIV
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- Which diseases are communicable?
- cancer
- tuberculosis (TB) ✓
- asthma
- COVID-19 ✓
- HIV ✓
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- Match the disease to the pathogen that causes it.
- tuberculosis (TB)⇔bacteria ✓
- COVID-19⇔virus ✓
- Who best describes disease?
Sofia: Disease is when you are very ill.
Sam: A disease is when you have caught a pathogen from someone else.
Izzy: A disease is when a person’s normal health is persistently impacted. ✓
Andeep: A disease is when you hurt yourself.
- Which of the following are risk factors for asthma?
- children with a low birth weight ✓
- family history of the disease ✓
- knowing someone with the condition
- being in contact with someone who has the condition
- having allergies ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The good health of humans, other animals and plants can be compromised by diseases.
- Communicable diseases are spread by pathogens, including some bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists.
- Non-communicable diseases cannot be spread between organisms; they are caused by lifestyle and environmental factors.
- Lifestyle factors (e.g. hygiene, diet) affect the chances of developing communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Common misconception
A person is either healthy or unhealthy.
Health is a range from good to ill health.
Keywords
Communicable disease - A disease, caused by a pathogen, that can be spread from person to person through direct or indirect contact.
Non-communicable disease - A disease that cannot be spread from person to person.
Disease - A persistent deviation from a person’s normal appearance, body function or behaviour.
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