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BIOLOGY Assignment Why Do We Fall Ill

This document contains an assignment for a 9th grade biology class chapter on why we fall ill. It includes 18 questions covering topics like the full forms of medical organizations, microorganisms that produce antibiotics, causal organisms of common diseases, vectors that transmit diseases, target organs of diseases, barriers that prevent microbial entry, diseases transmitted from mother to fetus, reservoir hosts, why antiviral drugs are harder to produce than antibacterial drugs, symptoms of specific diseases, routes of HIV/AIDS transmission, differences between acute/chronic and infectious/non-infectious diseases, and examples of 5 causes of disease. The assignment requires students to demonstrate their understanding of microbes, diseases, and the human body's defenses.

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BIOLOGY Assignment Why Do We Fall Ill

This document contains an assignment for a 9th grade biology class chapter on why we fall ill. It includes 18 questions covering topics like the full forms of medical organizations, microorganisms that produce antibiotics, causal organisms of common diseases, vectors that transmit diseases, target organs of diseases, barriers that prevent microbial entry, diseases transmitted from mother to fetus, reservoir hosts, why antiviral drugs are harder to produce than antibacterial drugs, symptoms of specific diseases, routes of HIV/AIDS transmission, differences between acute/chronic and infectious/non-infectious diseases, and examples of 5 causes of disease. The assignment requires students to demonstrate their understanding of microbes, diseases, and the human body's defenses.

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CLASS : IX BIOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT : CHAPTER: WHY DO WE FALL ILL?


1. What is the full form of : WHO , AIDS, ORS, OPV, HIV , BCG
2. Name any 2 groups of micro-organisms from which antibiotics could be extracted.
3. Name the causal organism of the following :
a) Diarrhoea
b) Acne
c) Cholera
d) Typhoid
e) Malaria
f) Sleeping sickness
g) Kala-azar
h) AIDS
i) Ringworm
j) Elephantitis
k) Measles
l) Anthrax
m) Peptic ulcers
4. Name the vectors of the following : a. Malaria
b. Kalazar
c. Dengue
5. Name the target organs for the following diseases :
a. Hepatitis targets
b. Fits or Unconsciousness targets
c. Pneumonia targets
d. Fungal disease targets
6. Why do only female mosquitoes act as vectors ?
7. Name two diseases transmitted by contaminated food and water.
8. Name the disease transmitted by dog bite .
9. Name the target organ of Japanese encephalitis and AIDS virus respectively.
10. Name two barriers , which prevent the entry of microbes in the body.
11. What is the major drawback of principle of treatment ?
12. Name the diseases , which are transmitted from the expectant mother to the foetus.
13. Who are reservoir hosts? Why are they called so ?
14. Making antiviral medicines is harder than making anti bacterial medicines. Give reason.
15. List organ specific symptoms of : a) Lung cancer b) Hepatitis
16. Mention the routes of spread of HIV/ AIDS virus.
17. Differentiate between :
a. Acute disease and Chronic disease
b. Infectious disease and non-infectious disease
c. Deficiency disease and infectious disease.
18. Name any five causes of diseases with example ?

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