1. General Science
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2. Science & Public Health
Nutritional Science
Medical Technology
Biology Technology
Science & Public Health
Pathogens and Disease 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question
Trace the path of organs in the digestive system?

4. Answer 1 – 10
Mouth, Tongue, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Colon, Anus  

5. Question
What is the difference between Chemical Digestion and Physical Digestion?

6. Answer 1 – 20
Chemical digestion is the breakdown of nutrients using saliva in the mouth and stomach acid.
Occurs when the body physically breaks down the food. Teeth help in physical digestion, as well the muscles in the stomach physically compressing food.

7. Question
What are the four food groups ?

8. Answer 1 – 30
Grains, vegetables and fruit, Meat and alternatives, Milk and alternatives.

9. Question
What is the Function of Vitamin C and Vitamin D

10. Answer 1 – 40
Vitamin C is an antioxidant vitamin needed for holding the cells together and for healthy teeth, gums and blood vessels; improves iron absorption and resistance to infection.
Vitamin D promotes absorption and use of calcium and phosphate for healthy bones and teeth.

11. Question
What is a Calorie ?

12. Answer 1 – 50
The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C

13. Question
Define Radiology

14. Answer 2 – 10
Imaging technology used for diagnosing and treating illness and disease

15. Question
Name an assistive technology and its function

16. Answer 2 – 20
Ex. Prostatic Limb- used to allow amputees to have a limb

17. Question
Give the three parts of a feed back loop ?

18. Answer 2 – 30
Monitor/sensor, control sensor, effector/regulator

19. Question
What are the four vital signs and their norms

20. Answer 2 – 40 Blood pressure  115/70 Heart Rate  50- 80 bmp
Body Temperature  37degrees
Respiratory Rate  breaths per minute

21. Question
Name the four components of blood and their functions

22. Answer 2 – 50 Plasma  the fluid, non-cell portion of blood
Red Blood Cells  uses hemoglobin to carry O2 and CO2
White Blood Cells  help fight off pathogens
Platelets  used to clot bleeding give the three parts of a feed back loop

23. Question
Define Biofortification ?

24. Answer 3 – 10
Introducing genes into plants to increase the amount of nutrients

25. Question
What is therapeutic cloning ?

26. Answer 3 – 20
Use of stem cells for medical or research purposes

27. Question
Give an example of Medical Biotechnology ex. Bioprocessing

28. Answer 3 – 30
Mass producing of human proteins and vaccines by genetically modifying bacteria virus

29. Question
Explain DNA’s structure and function

30. Answer 3 – 40
DNA is a double stranded helix made up of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar and a nitrogen base. Its function is to carry hereditary information and coding for protein

31. Question
Give the six steps of protein synthesis

32. Answer 3 – 50 1.) DNA is copied into m RNA
2.) m RNA carriers codes message to ribosomes
3.) Ribosome clamps onto m RNA and begins the translation into amino acids
4.) t RNA bring amino acids to the ribosome
5.) the t RNA connect the amino acids, the t RNA with no amino acid leaves
6.) once amino acids chain is completed, chain will fold into functional groups

33. Question
What is Public Health ?

34. Answer 4 – 10
The science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society

35. Question
What is Antigen?

36. Answer 4 – 20
Inactive press of the virus that act as an antigen, something your body will recognize as foreign and after your vaccine if it comes back into the body, your antibodies will attack.

37. Question
What 4 categories are public health departments broken down into ?

38. Answer 4 – 30
1. epidemiology
2. biostatistics
3. health service

39. Question
For any pandemic in history of your choosing: where did it occur ? What pathogen caused the pandemic ? What a affliction did the people infected get ? Why was it as bad it was ?

40. Answer 4 – 40 Ex. Spanish Flu Occurred: World Pathogen: influence A
Treated today: vaccine
Date: 1918 – 1920

41. Question
What are native Canadians a susceptible population ?

42. Answer 4 – 50
Income, social, education, connectedness, socioeconomic, factors

43. Question
What is a Pathogen ?

44. Answer 5 – 10
An infectious agent/germ that cause disease or illness in a host

45. Question
What is antibiotics?

46. Answer 5 – 20
Reactionary measure to a bacteria infection

47. Question
What is Virulence ?

48. Answer 5 – 30
How well a pathogen causes disease

49. Question
What is the difference between a epidemic and a pandemic ?

50. Answer 5 – 40
An epidemic occurs more often than expected over a given period where as a pandemic is a epidemic of infectious disease that has spread over a large area

51. Question
What are vaccines made from? What are antibiotics made from ?

52. Answer 5 – 50
Vaccines are made from a small dose of the disease that will help prevent you from getting a pathogen. Antibiotics are made from antivirus that help treat the pathogen you already causes.