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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

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Question 8

Which row in the table correctly identifies the biological characteristics of the pathogen responsible for malaria?

RowPathogen typeVector of transmissionPrimary site of asexual reproduction in humansABacteriumFemale Anopheles mosquitoLiver and red blood cellsBProtistFemale Anopheles mosquitoLiver and red blood cellsCProtistMale Anopheles mosquitoWhite blood cellsDVirusFemale Anopheles mosquitoWhite blood cells \begin{array}{c|c|c|c} \text{Row} & \text{Pathogen type} & \text{Vector of transmission} & \text{Primary site of asexual reproduction in humans} \\ \hline \text{A} & \text{Bacterium} & \text{Female } \textit{Anopheles} \text{ mosquito} & \text{Liver and red blood cells} \\ \hline \text{B} & \text{Protist} & \text{Female } \textit{Anopheles} \text{ mosquito} & \text{Liver and red blood cells} \\ \hline \text{C} & \text{Protist} & \text{Male } \textit{Anopheles} \text{ mosquito} & \text{White blood cells} \\ \hline \text{D} & \text{Virus} & \text{Female } \textit{Anopheles} \text{ mosquito} & \text{White blood cells} \end{array} RowABCD​Pathogen typeBacteriumProtistProtistVirus​Vector of transmissionFemale Anopheles mosquitoFemale Anopheles mosquitoMale Anopheles mosquitoFemale Anopheles mosquito​Primary site of asexual reproduction in humansLiver and red blood cellsLiver and red blood cellsWhite blood cellsWhite blood cells​​
A

Row A

B

Row B

C

Row C

D

Row D

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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health Questions

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97 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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