Unit 8. Health and Disease. Biology and Geology 3 ESO

Unit 8. Health and disease. 1. Health and disease. Types of diseases. (1st class) 1) Define disease and health: 2) What types of treatment exist? 3) Make a summary table about the types of diseases:

2. Infectious diseases. 4) Make a list of different pathogens. Add two main characteristics and examples of everyone. 5) Name the types of diseases based on how they are transmitted. Write examples of each ones.

3. The body’s defences against infections. (2nd class) 6) Define shortly the four external defences. 7) What are the cells responsible for non specific defences? 8) Who produces antibodies? 9) How do antibodies work? 10)Make a list of healthy habits for preventing infectious diseases: 11) How vaccination works? 12) Why do vaccines sometimes side effects, such as fever, pain, etc.?

4. Curing infectious diseases. (3rd class) 13) What is a serum? 14)Is the serum therapy unlimited? 15) What are the most usual drugs used in drug therapy? 16)What is the difference between a microbicide and a microbiostatic? 17) How do antibiotics combat infectious diseases? 18) What type of microbes is sensitive for antibiotics? What are not sensitive? 19)What happens when antibiotics are overused? Antonio Jesús Moreno Quintero Colegio Guadalete. Attendis.

Unit 8. Health and Disease. Biology and Geology 3 ESO

5. Non infectious diseases. 20) How does cancer occur?

6. Drugs addiction. (After the exam, evaluated by a written work) 21) Define and add examples of the following types of drugs: a. Depressants: b. Stimulants: c. Psychedelics: 22) Make a poster about drugs: definition, effects and medium/long term health consequences. 23) Make a summary about the documentary “what drugs do in your body”.

Antonio Jesús Moreno Quintero Colegio Guadalete. Attendis.