PLTW Infection Detection

This helps filter the bodily fluids, and trap and destroy any invading germs before they can enter the blood. These defense glands are small, round structures found throughout the body and neck.

• Liver and spleen

• lymph glands

• tonsils

• Communicable disease

When germs get inside your body, multiply, and make you sick.

• infection

• Scientific Inquiry Process

• bacteria

• skin

Short thin hairs found in the nose and along our respiratory tract. They catch invading germs and push them out of the body.

• cilia

• fever

• virus

• tonsils

A process that scientists use to explore observations and answer questions.

• infection

• Scientific Inquiry Process

• liver and spleen

• skin

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

These two organs work together to filter and remove any invading germs that get through the lymph glands.

• tonsils

• liver and spleen

• stomach

• lymph glands

When unwanted germs invade, your body responds by turning up the heat, causing your temperature to be higher than normal.

• cilia

• fever

• mucus

• virus

An infectious disease that can be spread from person to person or from an animal to a person. The spread can occur by direct or indirect contact with an affected individual.

• virus

• liver and spleen

• Communicable Disease

• lymph nodes

Very small organism, such as a bacterium, that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

• liver and spleen

• microorganism

• infection

• bacteria

When it is clean and unbroken it is the first barrier against germs.

• fever

• cilia

• infection

• skin

These cells help fight and destroy germs that enter the body.

• white blood cells

• liver and spleen

• contagious

• immune system