Stopping the Spread of Diseases

Organisms that cause disease are called __________________.

• hosts

• pathogens

• Phagocytes

• Flagellum

A pathogen is another word for

• bacteria

• germs

• virus

• antibodies

True or False: Pathogens make you sick by damaging individual cells.

• True

• False

What is an infectious disease?

• A disease that can be spread from person to person

• A disease that cannot be spread from person to person

What is a non-infectious disease?

• A disease that can be spread from person to person

• A disease that cannot be spread from person to person

What is another word to describe toxic?

• host

• poison

• protein

• protist

True or False: The flu is spread only by direct contact, such as kissing a person with the flu.

• True

• False

Infectious diseases can spread by contact with..(read ALL the answers)

• an infected person

• a contaminated object

• an Infected animal

• an environmental source

• All of the above.

True or False: Some vIruses and bacteria that live in food, water, and soil can cause disease.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of direct contact with an infected person?

• sneezing

• shaking hands