COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

_______ Is any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

• disease
• infection
• pathogen

________ is a disease that can be passed to a person from another person, animal or object.

• Non-communicable disase

• Communicable Disease

• Pathogens

________ are disease-causing organisms that are so small you need a microscope to see them. Think "fancy word for germs".

• Virus

• Disease

• Communicable

• Pathogen

What is a non-communicable disease?

• An illness that can be passed on by germs from person to person.
• A disease that cannot be passed on to another person.

The system in our body that helps fight disease is called the ________________ system.

• respiratory

• digestive

• muscular

• immune

What are five pathogens that can cause communicable diseases?

• Bacteria, carbohydrates and protein

• Insects. Water, soil

• Bacteria, virus, fungi, Protozoa, parasite

__________ causes typhoid

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Fungi

A medicine that can give you immunity to a disease is called a __________.

• antibodies

• vaccine

• pathogen

• white blood cell

Substances made by white blood cells to help fight pathogens are ___________.

• antibodies

• antibiotics

• red blood cells

• mucus

This is a treatment that makes the body stronger against infections and diseases.

• host

• microbe

• vaccine

• pathogen