SB5f-i Exam Questions (29 marks)

Q1. Pathogens cause disease. Draw one straight line from each type of pathogen to the disease that is
caused by that pathogen.
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Q2. Explain how infection with HIV can lead to AIDS.

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Q3. Figure 1 shows the number of white blood cells in blood samples from three patients.

Figure 1

Explain why the data suggests that Patient Z has a bacterial infection.
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Q4. Antibiotics can be used to treat Chlamydia, which is a sexually transmitted infection.
(a) What type of pathogen causes Chlamydia?
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A bacteria

B fungus

C protist

D virus

Figure 4 shows the number of new cases of Chlamydia diagnosed each year, in a region of the UK,
between 2000 and 2008.

(b) (i) In 2009 there were 4800 new cases diagnosed.

In 2010 there were 4100 new cases diagnosed.
Plot this data on the graph in Figure 4.
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 (ii) Describe the trend in cases between 2000 and 2010.
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People infected with Chlamydia are more likely to be infected with the STI Gonorrhoea.
(iii) Explain how people become infected with both Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea.
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Q5. Streptococcus bacteria can cause a sore throat or skin infection.

An illness called scarlet fever can also develop during an infection with this bacterium.

(i) Give two precautions a doctor should take when treating a patient who is infected with Streptococcus.
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(ii) From September 2013 to March 2014 there were 2 830 cases of scarlet fever in the UK.
From September 2014 to March 2015 there were 5 943 cases of scarlet fever.
Calculate the percentage increase of the number of cases of scarlet fever between the periods
September 2014 to March 2015 and September 2013 to March 2014.
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(iii) Figure 10 shows some Streptococcus bacteria.

Figure 10
Some bacteria are motile, meaning they can move themselves.
 Why is a Streptococcus bacterium not motile?
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A it does not have flagella
B it does not have plasmids
C it does not have ribosomes
D it does not have acrosomes

Q6. Antibiotics have no effect on the lifecycle of viruses. Describe the lifecycle of a lytic virus.
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Q7. Explain how plants protect themselves from being eaten by pests and against diseases caused by
pathogens.
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