Disease Vocabulary Review

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly over countries and continents?

• Epidemic

• Endemic

• Pandemic

• Outbreak

Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in living things is called a

• Pathogen

• Gene

• Cancer

• Toxin

What do we call a disease that can spread between living things in close contact?

• Infectious disease

• Contagious disease

• Genetic disease

• Physiological disease

What do we call a disease caused by a pathogen?

• Infectious disease

• Contagious disease

• Genetic disease

• Physiological disease

An infectious . from an animal that gets passed to a human and causes illness is called a genetic disease

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a zoonotic disease?

• COVID-19

• Cancer

• Ebola

• Zika

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly in a population or region affecting more than expected?

• Epidemic

• Endemic

• Pandemic

• Outbreak

A disease is a disruption in the structure or function of a living thing.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1