Microorganisms and body defences

Welcome to the Perth Academy S2 Science Escape Room

You will need to work through 4 challenges, testing your knowledge of microorganisms and the body's defences to unlock the code in order to escape.

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Index

01 Quiz

02 Find!

Introduction

Collect all the numbers by completing each of the challenges, and enter them in order in the final section to finish the game. Remember to make a note of the numbers.

03 Correct image

Reward

04 Pacman

INTRODUCTION

Quiz

Complete the following quiz, and get the first number towards your reward!

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QUIZ

question 1/5

Diarrhoea, whooping cough and pneumonia are examples of diseases casued by which microorganisms?

Viruses

Fungi

Bacteria

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Explanation:Diarrhoea, whooping cough and pneumonia are all diseases caused by bacteria. Tetanus and blood poisoning are also examples of diseases caused by bacteria.

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Measles and chicken-pox are common illnesses in childhood. What microorganism causes these illnesses?

Fungi

Bacteria

Viruses

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Explanation:Colds, flu, German measles, mumps, chicken pox, small pox and HIV are diseases caused by viruses.

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QUESTION 3/5

Athlete's foot is caused by which type of microorganism?

Bacteria

Fungi

Viruses

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Explanation:Athlete's foot and thrush are diseases caused by fungi.

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QUESTION 4/5

Colds and flu are caused by viruses. How do these diseases spread?

Through the digestive system.

Through the breathing system.

Through the skin.

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Explanation: Colds and flus spread through the breathing system. They are caused by breathing in viruses from people who cough and sneeze into the air.

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QUESTION 5/5

Food poisoning is caused by bacteria and viruses. How is it spread?

It is spread through the digestive system when you eat food and drink infected with bacteria..

It is spread through the skin by touching an infected person.

It is spread through the reproductive system.

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Explanation:Food poisoning is caused by eating food and drink infected with bacteria or a virus. Food and drink can be infected by coughs, sneezes, dirty hands, insects or unhygenic cooking methods.

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QUIZ

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FIND!

From among all the statements you discover,click only on the correct ones

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Infectious means that something is easily spread from one person to another.

Disease means that something is easily spread from one person to another.

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Pathogen means that something is easily spread from one person to another.

Sneeze means that something is easily spread from one person to another.

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Skin is not a first line of defence to keep microbes out of the body.

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Tears are not a a first line of defence to keep microbes out of the body.

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White blood cells are not a first line of defence to keep microbes out of the body.

Scabs are not a first line of defence to keep microbes out of the body.

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A pathogen is a disease which causes you to get a microorganism.

A pathogen is a microorganism which causes disease.

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A pathogen is a microorganism which lives in the body and helps disease.

A pathogen is a microorganism which can be good or bad.

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CORRECT IMAGE

Choose the correct image

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Does a virus or bacteria cause chickenpox?

How is malaria spread?

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How is the common cold spread?

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How is cholera spread?

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Does a virus or bacteria cause tetanus.

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QUIZ

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LEVEL 1 OF 5

Which of the following is not a kind of pathogen?

toxin

bacteria

virus

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LEVEL 2 OF 5

How does the stomach kill pathogens?

saliva

mucus

acid

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LEVEL 3 OF 5

What are weakened microbes introduced into the body to produce antibody production are called?

antibiotic

paracetamol

vaccination

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LEVEL 4 OF 5

A chemical that kills bacteria or slows its growth.

antibodies

antibiotics

antigens

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LEVEL 5 OF 5

Which of the following is NOT an infectious disease?

diabetes

influenza

chickenpox

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Congratulations!

You've solved all the challenges and escaped the invading microorganisms. Well Done! The secret message you need to submit on teams is: Science is fun.

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