Harmful and Disease-producing micro-organisms
Harmful and Disease-producing micro-organisms: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as waterborne diseases, diseases caused by housefly, swachh bharat abhiyan, pathogens, microbial diseases in animals, etc.
Important Questions on Harmful and Disease-producing micro-organisms
What is the scientific name of rabies virus?
Not covering nose and mouth while sneezing or coughing is a cause of
Not brushing teeth is an unhygienic practice leading to oral problems.
List some unhygienic practices to be avoided to prevent diseases.
Enterotoxins are mainly released by bacteria.
The main effects of enterotoxins are on the
List the effects of enterotoxins on the body.
Enterotoxins are produced by
What microbes produce enterotoxins?
Mumps and _____ (sleeping sickness/chickenpox) are diseases caused by viruses.
Unscramble AIRALAM to answer the question given below:
It is a disease spread through a mosquito bite.
Aspergillosis is caused by fungi or a virus.
What is the harm in drinking dirty water?
What are the diseases that can be prevented by destroying mosquitoes? Where do the mosquitoes lay their eggs and multiply?
Are different diseases like chikungunya, dengue fever, filariasis, and diarrhoea spread by the same creature?
Which of the following is wrong?
What could be the reason for the increase in diseases like dengue fever during the rainy season?
Look at some headlines that appear in newspapers.
Will such news come from hygienic places?
Look at some headlines that appear in newspapers.
What is the reason for such news coming up?
