Teen Health- Chapter 18 Communicable Diseases- Lesson 1 & 2

Any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body and mind.

• Germs

• Pathogens

• Disease

• Vector

A disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.

• Noncommunicable Disease

• Communicable Disease

• Vector

• Hygeine

Organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.

• Vector

• Hygiene

• Germs

• Niles

Germs that cause diseases.

• Pathogens

• Vectors

• WBC

• Vaccines

The smallest and simplest pathogen. It is nonliving and causes the flu.

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protozoa

• Virus

Simple one-celled organisms that can be treated with antibiotics.

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Protozoa

• Fungi

Organisms that are more complex than bacteria but cannot make their own food. They thrive in warm, moist environments.

• Protozoa

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria. They are mostly harmless.

• Fungi

• Virus

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

An organism, such as an insect, that transmits pathogens.

• WBC

• RBC

• Vector

• Vaccine

Cleanliness is having good

• Vector

• Hygiene

• Contagious

• Attitude