State the function of painkillers.
State the type of medicine which can be used to treat salmonella (food poisoning).
Name the vector which carries the plasmodium protist between humans.
Name the piece of equipment used to measure the volume of a solution.
If 257,000 bacteria are dividing in a population of 1 million, calculate this as a percentage.
Explain how a vaccine causes immunity to a disease.
Why are bacteria able to evolve rapidly?
How do antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve?
Name an antibiotic resistant bacterium.
How can the rate of development of antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria be reduced?
1. Antibiotic resistance develops…
2. Antibiotic resistance is?
3. People are increasing the rate at which bacteria populations are acquiring antibiotic resistance by:
4. Which of the following is NOT a method to reduce the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria?
Summarise antibiotic resistance. (4 marks)
1 Antibiotic resistance means ____________________
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2 Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics ___________
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3 These antibiotic resistant bacteria can become more prevalent because ____________________________
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4 An example of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria is __________________________________________
_____________ are disease causing organisms. They include bacteria, viruses, protists and fungi.
_____________ can be used to treat bacteria but are not effective against viruses.
Some bacteria have ______________ to become resistant to antibiotics. This means that antibiotics will not _____________ the bacteria.
Some bacteria are resistant to ____ antibiotics. MRSA is an example of _____________ bacteria. New ___________ need to be discovered that will destroy these _____________.