PLTW: Infection Detection

A microorganism that can make a person sick. The four major types are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa.

• germ

• infection

• contagious

• scientist

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

• infection

• germs

• communicable disease

• scientist

When a person can spread their infection to someone else. Also called infectious.

• contagious

• communicable disease

• germs

• experiment

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.

• communicable disease

• experiment

• scientists

• infection

A person who asks questions, makes observations, and investigates ideas in order to acquire knowledge and/or solve problems.

• scientist

• infection

• communicable disease

• germs

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A scientific test in which you perform a series of actions in order to learn information about the world around you.

• experiment

• infection

• scientist

• contagious

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

• scientific inquiry

• experiment

• scientist

• contagious

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The system in the body responsible for identifying and fighting off unwanted bacteria, viruses, and other bugs.

• immune system

• bacteria

• infection

• viruses

Tiny, one-celled organisms that get nutrients from their environment in order to live.

• bacteria

• virus

• communicable diseases

• infection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Infectious nonliving agents much smaller than bacteria that invade cells and cause diseases such as the common cold and measles.

• viruses

• communicable diseases

• germs

• experiment