Science 12 - Biology: 2. Over 3000 years ago the Chinese and Hebrews were advocating cleanliness in food, water and personal hygiene

• distinguish between infectious and non-infectious disease
• identify data sources, plan and choose equipment or resources to perform a first-hand investigation to identify microbes in food or in water
• gather, process and analyse information from secondary sources to describe ways in which drinking water can be treated and use available evidence to explain how these methods reduce the risk of infection from pathogens
•  explain why cleanliness in food, water and personal hygiene practices assist in control of disease
•  identify the conditions under which an organism is described as a pathogen

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