Question

Q7. Give the scientific terms:
Ø Transferring seedlings to the main field----------
Ø A disease that can spread from a sick to a healthy person --------------
Ø Medicines that stop the growth of pathogens----

Answer 1

Answer:

Transplantation

communicable disease

antibiotics

Answer 2

The scientific terms for the following will be as follows:

1. Transferring seedlings to the main field is known as Transplantation.

2. A disease that can spread from a sick to a healthy person is called communicable disease.

3. Medicines that stop the growth of pathogens were known as Antibiotics.

Explanation:

Transplantation is defined as the process of transferring the seedlings/ plants from the nursery to the main field with the help of the hand.

• Usually the plants become ready for the process of transplantation when they reaches the four leaf stage that is when they were -15−21 days old.
• The main purpose of this process is the production of new and hybrid plants and to prevent the young plants from different diseases.

Communicable diseases - They are defined as the infectious diseases that can be easily transferred from an infected person to a helathy person.

• Mode of transmission includes - contact with bodily fluids, insect bites, contaminated water and foods, or also can transfer through the air medium.
• Example - HIV, hepatitis A, B and C, measles, salmonella and tuberculosis.

Antibiotics - Antibiotics were those agents or the medicines that prevents the growth and the survival of different microorganisms, especially bacterial species.

• They generally work by killing the bacteria or by making it hard for the bacteria to grow and multiply.
• Example - Penicillin, Tetracycline etc.

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