Starter quiz
- Fungi and protists are ...
- eukaryotes. ✓
- prokaryotes.
- plants.
- animals.
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What do prokaryotic cells not have?- DNA
- nucleus ✓
- cytoplasm
- mitochondria ✓
- cell membrane
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True or false? Fungi are plants.- True
- False ✓
- What is a communicable disease?
- A disease that is caused by lifestyle factors such as smoking.
- A disease that cannot be passed from organism to organism.
- A disease caused by a poor diet.
- A disease that is passed from organism to organism. ✓
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- Not all micro-organisms cause disease but those that do are called ...
- 'pathogens' ✓
- What is an allele?
- another word for the genome
- genes working together for a particular function
- a version of a gene ✓
- a section of non-coding DNA
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Exit quiz
- Match the word to its description.
- fungi⇔Eukaryotic kingdom of micro-organisms including yeast and mould. ✓
- protists⇔Eukaryotic kingdom of micro-organisms including amoeba. ✓
- vector⇔An organism that carries pathogens from a host to another organism. ✓
What are the symptoms of Athlete's foot?- itchy white patches between your toes ✓
- bruises
- red rash around your toes ✓
- pus filled spots
- dry, cracked and flaky skin ✓
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- How can you reduce the spread of Athlete's foot?
- Wear shoes in communal spaces such as changing rooms. ✓
- Do not share towels, socks or shoes. ✓
- Share towels, socks or shoes.
- Keep washing your feet to keep them moist.
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What is the vector for malaria?- 'mosquito' ✓
- How can we reduce the spread of malaria?
- Sleep under a mosquito net. ✓
- Take an antimalarial drug if travelling to an area where prevalence is high. ✓
- Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
- Wear insect repellent. ✓
- Eat a balanced diet.
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- Which of the following statements are not true?
- An individual who has one copy of the sickle allele, has sickle cell anaemia.
- Having one copy of a sickle cell allele is a survival advantage against malaria. ✓
- The protist that causes malaria cannot penetrate the sickle shaped cell easily. ✓
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Key learning points
- Some, but not all, fungi are pathogens that can cause communicable diseases in humans.
- Athlete’s foot as an example of a fungal disease, how it is spread, and how the spread can be reduced.
- Protists are eukaryotic microorganisms.
- Malaria as an example of a disease caused by a protist, spread by an insect vector, and how the spread can be reduced.
- The interaction of sickle-cell trait and malaria as an example of interaction between different types of disease.
Common misconception
Malaria is caused by mosquitos.
Mosquitos are the vector that transfer the protist to humans.
Keywords
Fungi - eukaryotic kingdom of microorganisms including yeast and mould
Protists - eukaryotic kingdom of microorganisms including amoeba and plasmodium
Vector - an organism that carries the pathogen from the host to another organism
Allele - a genetic variant in a gene creates an allele (a different version of a gene), which can produce a different phenotype
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