Air-Borne Disease

What sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?

• A bacterium
• A virus
• A fungus
• A protist

20 people became sick with the flu after a school dance. What is the best explanation for how they got sick?

• Contact with environmental source
• Contact with an infected animal
• contact with a contaminated object
• contact with an infected person

Washing your hands is the _________ effective strategy for preventing the spread of disease?

• least
• most

Coughing, sneezing, and runny nose are all _______________ of the common cold.

• access points

• abrasions

• organisms

• symptoms

Chicken pox is an example of a ___________________________ disease.

• non-communicable

• exposure

• abrasion

• communicable

If you are showing symptoms of a communicable disease you should still go to school.

• True

• False

Communicable diseases can be transferred from animal to person.

• True

• False

Washing the hands after playing with friends.

• YES

• NO

Covering the nose when sneezing.

• YES

• NO

Keeping your distance from people who are sick of communicable diseases.

• YES

• NO