Science Chapter 15

The scientist who discovered the first antibiotic

• Louis Pasteur

• John Snow

• Alexander Fleming

• Robert Koch

One of the first scientists to identify that diseases are caused by microorganisms

• Louis Pasteur

• Jonas Salk

• Alexander Fleming

• Robert Koch

Anything that may cause a disease

• antibody

• vaccine

• allergen

• pathogen

Anything that causes the immune system to have an allergic reaction

• antibody

• allergen

• antibiotic

• macrophage

Contains dead or weakened pathogens to provide immunity against disease

• allergen

• toxin

• vaccine

• antibody

A scientist who studies the causes and spread of diseases

• pedologist

• doctor

• specialist

• epidemiologist

has the ability to fight against more than one type of bacterial infection

• antibiotic

• antibody

made by the body to fight a specific pathogen

• antibiotic

• antibody

can work only against bacterial infections and some types of fungi

• antibiotic

• antibody

a chemical made by microorganisms to destroy other organisms

• antibiotic

• antibody