Environmental Health and Disease Review

Which disease has fever, aches and chills and can lead to organ failure?

• Yellow Fever

• Hemophilia

• Plague

• Cholera

Which disease is most likely to lead to dehydration due to vomiting and diarrhea?

• Smallpox

• Yellow Fever

• Cholera

• Plague

Which disease has skin pustules that lead to scarring?

• Syphilis

• Yellow Fever

• Cholera

• Smallpox

Which disease is spread human to human primarily through sexual contact?

• Syphilis

• Spanish Flu

• Measles

• Covid-19

Which virus would be considered the most successful?

• one that is very deadly

• one that causes people to become very sick

• one that is very contagious with mild symptoms

• one that is not very contagious

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What system does Covid-19 have the greatest affect on?

• respiratory

• digestive

• immune

• circulatory

Which of the following has the greatest affect increasing the spread of disease?

• a nomadic lifestyle

• airplane travel

• international shipping

• pollution

Which way is Cholera most often spread?

• through a mosquito

• through drinking infected water

• from person to person

• through contact with body fluids

Yellow Fever, Malaria and Leichmaniasis are spread through

• infected water

• human to human

• body fluids

• an insect vector

Which organization responds to pandemics in the United States?

• WHO

• CDC

• EPA

• SGA