Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Diseases and immunity

Diseases and immunity — practice question

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a bigger issue around the world. Erythromycin is an antibiotic. Fig. 3.1 presents the daily erythromycin doses per 1000 people across a 13-year span. It also gives the number of bacterial infections resistant to erythromycin per 1000 people.
(a(i))[3]

Calculate the percentage change in the number of erythromycin-resistant bacterial infections per 1000 people from 1993 to 1995. State your answer to two significant figures.

(a(ii))[3]

Describe the pattern in the data shown in Fig. 3.1.

(a(iii))[2]

Suggest reasons for the change shown in Fig. 3.1 in the number of bacterial infections resistant to erythromycin from 1993 to 1995.

(a(iv))[5]

Explain how bacteria acquire resistance to antibiotics.

(b(i))[2]

State two characteristics shared by all prokaryotes.

(b(ii))[1]

State the role of a flagellum.

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