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2/22 - Epidemic and Pandemic Review 8.L.1

2/22 - Epidemic and Pandemic Review 8.L.1

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Science

8th Grade

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MS-LS3-2

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Kimberleigh Carter

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2 Slides • 15 Questions

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2/22 - Epidemic and Pandemic Review

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Multiple Choice

This is caused by the H1N1 virus.

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AIDS

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Bubonic Plague

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Spanish Flu

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Tuberculosis

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Multiple Choice

True or False:

Bubonic Plague is an example of a pandemic.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

This term is used when many people in a local area get sick at the same time.

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Epidemic

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Pandemic

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Diseases

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Pathogens

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Multiple Choice

This term is used when a disease affects a large proportion of the people over a large area.

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Epidemic

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Pandemic

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Disease

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Pathogens

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Multiple Choice

What is another word for pathogens?

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Illness

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Microorganisms

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Germs

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Bubonic

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Multiple Select

It prevents the normal functioning of the body

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Disease

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Pandemic

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Illness

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Epidemic

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following causes diseases?

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Pathogens

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Poor Environment

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Genetics

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All of the above

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Multiple Choice

which pathogen lives in or on a host?
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bacteria
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virus
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parasite
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fungus

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about pathogens is true?
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A pathogen describes anything that causes illness or disease
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Pathogens are all microscopic
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All pathogens are transmitted through the air from host to host
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All pathogens cause cells to swell and burst

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Multiple Choice

Viruses reproduce themselves by...
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dividing into two identical copies
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causing cells to transform into viruses
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making host cells reproduce copies of the viruses
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planting eggs inside host organisms

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Multiple Choice

Which pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?

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protist/parasite

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fungi

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bacteria

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virus

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Multiple Choice

Which pathogen does NOT have DNA?

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fungi

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protist/parasite

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bacteria

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virus

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they all have DNA

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Multiple Choice

Ticks are an example of this way of transmitting (spreading) disease

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Air-borne

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Vector

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Touching a surface

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Contaminated food or water

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Multiple Choice

Which pathogen reproduces using binary fission (Asexual Reproduction)?

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Virus

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Bacteria

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Fungi

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Parasite/Protist

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Multiple Choice

Which pathogen is non-living?

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Virus

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Bacteria

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Fungi

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Parasite/Protist

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They are all alive

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