Antibiotic Resistance OALH

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19 questions
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State the function of painkillers.

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

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Name the vector which carries the plasmodium protist between humans.

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

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

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Explain how a vaccine causes immunity to a disease.

Key Knowledge
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Why are bacteria able to evolve rapidly?

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How do antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve?

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Name an antibiotic resistant bacterium.

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

Recall Quiz
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1. Antibiotic resistance develops…

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2. Antibiotic resistance is?

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

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

Application Task
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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 __________________________________________

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

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

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

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