Patient Zero Vocabulary

What is a pandemic?

• When a virus spreads within the human body.

• An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads worldwide.

• A break from school.

• An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads within a community.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is an epidemic?

• The name of the newest vaccine against the Coronavirus.

• An outbreak of an infectious disease within a school.

• An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads worldwide.

• An outbreak of an infectious disease within a community.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is an epidemiologist?

• A scientist that studies how diseases are spread.

• A scientist that studies insects.

• A scientist that makes vaccines.

• A scientist that tests animals.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False: All microbes are dangerous.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is plague?

• The newest variant of the Coronavirus.

• An illness caused by bats.

• Yellow stains that occur when you don't brush your teeth.

• A serious and fatal bacterial infection which is caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does outbreak mean?

• The sudden closing of society.

• When individuals break the rules of society.

• A sudden increase in cases of disease/illness.

• When prisoners break out of jail.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does patient zero mean?

• A group identified as the first to become infected with an illness.

• A person identified as the first to become infected with an illness.

• A country identified as the first to become infected with an illness.

• When a community has zero cases of the Coronavirus.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which option best describes isolation/ self-isolation?

• When a pandemic spreads in freezing temperatures.

• When a product is not sold.

• When one group, person, or thing is separate from others.

• When one group, person, or thing is close to others.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an inference?

• A comparison using like or as

• A prediction

• An educated guess

• An extreme exaggeration

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

In your own words, how would you define epidemic?

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4