Microorganisms Part 3

Year 6 Chapter 3 Part 3​

Microorganisms​

GERMS

Bacteria or viruses that make you sick.

​Germs are contagious.

​CONTAGIOUS DISEASE

An illness that is spread from one to another through contact:

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• ​Air

• ​Water

• ​Food

• ​Direct Touch

• ​Vector

Multiple Choice

What are germs?

• Your body's natural defense system

• Bacteria or viruses that make you sick

• little things

Multiple Select

What is a disease?

• sickness

• illness

• healthy body

Multiple Choice

What does the word, contagious, mean?

• spread from one person to another through contact

• not spread from one person to  another through contact

Multiple Choice

What does the word, non-contagious, mean?

• spread from one person to another through contact

• not spread from one person to  another through contact

​Ways to Prevent Diseases Caused by Microorganism:

• ​Sanitize or wash your hands frequently

• ​Boil water before drinking

• ​cover your nose and mouth while coughing and sneezing

• ​Cover wounds

• ​Put patients with contagious germs in quarantine

Multiple Choice

You can kill germs by _______.

• Eating soap.

• Thinking.

• Washing your hands.

Multiple Choice

If you have an open wound, you should cover it with a ________.

Multiple Choice

Cover your mouth when you ________ or cough.

• laugh

• puke

• sneeze

Multiple Choice

Good hygiene prevents the spread of germs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is a vaccination?

• A shot of vaccine.

• A shot of germs.

• Your immune system.

Multiple Select

Pick one natural prevention against contagious diseases.

• Vaccination

• Healthy Eating

• Exercise

• Enough Sleep

Multiple Choice

Pick one medical prevention against contagious diseases.

• Vaccination

• Washing your hands

• Exercise

• Enough Sleep

Multiple Choice

What is your body's natural defense system called?

• Vaccination

• Immune system

• Doctor's visit

• Enough rest

Multiple Choice

Do vaccines and the immune system prevent contagious diseases before or after you catch them?

• Before

• After