Worksheet 6

Topic : Why do we fall ill

Subject : Science

Answer the following questions:

(a) How does HIV virus spread from a patient to a healthy person? Give any two methods of
transmission of this disease.
(b) What is immunization? How does the immune system of our body function? Name any four
diseases which can be prevented by immunization.
(c) Name any two air-borne diseases. How do the disease causing microbes spread through air?
(d) Which organ is affected if a person is suffering from hepatitis?
(e) Explain by giving reasons:
1. Balanced diet is necessary for maintaining a healthy body.
2. Health of an organism depends upon the surrounding environmental conditions.
3. Social harmony and good economic conditions are necessary for good health.
(f) Define water-borne diseases? Name two water-borne diseases.
(g) Give the symptoms of each of the following diseases:
(i) Marasmus (ii) Typhoid (iii) Malaria
(h) What are antibodies? How do they work? How penicillin is effective to control bacterial disease?
(i) What are pathogens?
(j) Name the disease that can be caused by UV rays.
(k) Why is immune system essential for our health? What precautions will you take to justify “
prevention is better than cure” ?
(l) What are acute diseases ?
(m) What are vectors? Give full form of AIDS.
(n) How does cholera become epidemic?
(o) Name the vaccine that is given for tuberculosis.
(p) Differentiate between
(i) Acute and Chronic diseases.
(ii) Antibiotics and Vaccines
(iii) Congenital disease and Acquired disease
(iv) Signs of a disease and symptoms of disease