Communicable Diseases Review

Name of diseases that spread from one living organism to another or through the environment. 

• Heart
• Communicable
• Asthma
• Allergies

Communicable diseases can occur when ___________ enter the body.

• Dust
• Pathogens
• Smog
• Dirt

_________ are single-celled microorganisms.

• Protein
• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungi

All of the following are precautions for communicable disease, except:

• Wash your hands
• Avoid sharing personal items
• Sharing food
• Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze

Contagious and infectious are other names for __________ disease.

• Communicable
• Hereditary
• Genetic
• Autoimmune

The best way to prevent the spread of communicable diseases is to do what?

• Stay inside
• Bleach everything
• Wash your hands
• Sneeze or cough into your arm

Which is NOT a common communicable disease?

• Colds

• AIDS

• Diabetes

• Strep throat

___________ are tiny, one-celled creatures that get nutrients from their environments in order to live.

• bacteria

• virus

• parasite

• fungus

A doctor would most likely prescribe an antibiotic to treat what type of pathogen?

• fungus
• bacteria
• virus
• parasite

There is no such thing as "good" bacteria

• true

• false