Pathogen Vocabulary

A microorganisms, or germs that cause Disease is ...

• Virus

• Pathogen

• T cell

• Bacteria

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A microogranism is a

• How a disease spreads

• A large organism

• how are body responds to a pathogen

• Microscopic living thing - Tiny

The smallest of the pathogens. They cause diseases such as colds, flu, and measles

• Vaccine

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Parasite

Observable characteristics of a disease. Example fever, red rash

• Symptoms

• Bacteria

• Antibiotic

• Fungi

A bacteria are...

• Organism that lives in or on another organism

• A type of medicine

• Primitive microorganism

• Tiny one cell organisms-Cause diseases like strep throat.

Communicable Disease is a disease that

• Only effects 1 community

• is spread from one person to another or from animal to people

• is seen by doctors only

• can Not be spread from person to person

An organism that lives in or on anther organism (the host) and benefits by taking nutrients from the host is a

• Fungi

• Virius

• Parasite

• Bacteria

Immune systems does what?

• helps protect an organism from disease

• keeps your skin soft

• causes diseases such as tuberculosis

• helps pump your blood

A protozoa is

• a way to spread disease

• One cell organism that can move and is specialized and complex

• Smallest pathogen

• a weakened or dead strain of a pathogen.

Something that is produced by the immune system to identify foreign particles and patogens that enter the body is

• Symptom

• Antibody

• bacteria

• Antibiotic