Diversity of Life- Comprehensive Questions 1. You are treating a patient for a bacterial infection with antibiotics, how should this work? Unfortunately the patient’s infection gets worse. Provide a logical reason for this and how it could happen (4) 2. Using the cladogram explain which are more closely related Flowering plants and conifers or conifers and ferns. In your answer demonstrate your understanding of clades and phylogeny (4) 3. Explain why flushing a wound with a saline solution would be useful in preventing an infection.(4) 4. You are treating a young child for the measles and the mother insists her child be given antibiotics to treat it. How would you respond to her request (3) 5. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Unfortunately once infected you have them for life. Using your knowledge of viral reproduction explain why this is and how it is different from a cold virus. (4) 6. When Martin Hanczyc was making protocells (TED talk), why would creating a cell membrane be one of the first things he did? (4) 7. Biology is the study of life. What are the two most important chemical reactions of life? How do they work? What makes them so important? (4) Diversity of Life- Comprehensive Questions 1. You are treating a patient for a bacterial infection with antibiotics, how should this work? Unfortunately the patient’s infection gets worse. Provide a logical reason for this and how it could happen (4) 2. Using the cladogram explain which are more closely related Flowering plants and conifers or conifers and ferns. In your answer demonstrate your understanding of clades and phylogeny (4) 3. Explain why flushing a wound with a saline solution would be useful in preventing an infection.(4) 4. You are treating a young child for the measles and the mother insists her child be given antibiotics to treat it. How would you respond to her request (3) 5. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Unfortunately once infected you have them for life. Using your knowledge of viral reproduction explain why this is and how it is different from a cold virus. (4) 6. When Martin Hanczyc was making protocells (TED talk), why would creating a cell membrane be one of the first things he did? 7. Biology is the study of life. What are the two most important chemical reactions of life? How do they work? What makes them so important? Diversity of Life- Comprehensive Questions 1. You are treating a patient for a bacterial infection with antibiotics, how should this work? Unfortunately the patient’s infection gets worse. Provide a logical reason for this and how it could happen (4) 2. Using the cladogram explain which are more closely related Flowering plants and conifers or conifers and ferns. In your answer demonstrate your understanding of clades and phylogeny (4) 3. Explain why flushing a wound with a saline solution would be useful in preventing an infection.(4) 4. You are treating a young child for the measles and the mother insists her child be given antibiotics to treat it. How would you respond to her request (3) 5. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Unfortunately once infected you have them for life. Using your knowledge of viral reproduction explain why this is and how it is different from a cold virus. (4) 6. When Martin Hanczyc was making protocells (TED talk), why would creating a cell membrane be one of the first things he did? 7. Biology is the study of life. What are the two most important chemical reactions of life? How do they work? What makes them so important?
