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Antibiotic Resistance OALH

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Question 1
1.

State the function of painkillers.

Question 2
2.

State the type of medicine which can be used to treat salmonella (food poisoning).

Question 3
3.

Name the vector which carries the plasmodium protist between humans.

Question 4
4.

Name the piece of equipment used to measure the volume of a solution.

Question 5
5.

If 257,000 bacteria are dividing in a population of 1 million, calculate this as a percentage.

Question 6
6.

Explain how a vaccine causes immunity to a disease.

Key Knowledge
Question 7
7.

Why are bacteria able to evolve rapidly?

Question 8
8.

How do antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve?

Question 9
9.

Name an antibiotic resistant bacterium.

Question 10
10.

How can the rate of development of antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria be reduced?

Recall Quiz
Question 11
11.

1. Antibiotic resistance develops…

Question 12
12.

2. Antibiotic resistance is?

Question 13
13.

3. People are increasing the rate at which bacteria populations are acquiring antibiotic resistance by:

Question 14
14.

4. Which of the following is NOT a method to reduce the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria?

Application Task
Question 15
15.

Summarise antibiotic resistance. (4 marks)
1 Antibiotic resistance means ____________________
_________________________________________
2 Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics ___________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
3 These antibiotic resistant bacteria can become more prevalent because ____________________________
__________________________________________
4 An example of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria is __________________________________________

Plenary
Question 16
16.

_____________ are disease causing organisms. They include bacteria, viruses, protists and fungi.

Question 17
17.

_____________ can be used to treat bacteria but are not effective against viruses.

Question 18
18.

Some bacteria have ______________ to become resistant to antibiotics. This means that antibiotics will not _____________ the bacteria.

Question 19
19.

Some bacteria are resistant to ____ antibiotics. MRSA is an example of _____________ bacteria. New ___________ need to be discovered that will destroy these _____________.