Activities 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 Review

The healthcare experts that study trends in health issues in populations and deploy public announcements are called ____.

• Chief Medical Officers

• Phlebotomists

• Primary Care Physicians

• Epidemiologists

A sudden occurrence of disease in a localized area would be a(n) ____.

• outbreak

• endemic

• pandemic

• All of the others.

True or False: The outbreak at GNMH has many of the patients experiencing high fevers and achy joints.

• True

• False

A _____ results when a disease-causing organism invades and begins growing within another organism (a host).

• disorder

• infection

• pandemic

• pathogen

An infection becomes a disease when ...

• the host dies.

• the body's functions become affected.

• more than one host has the disease.

• the disease is named by scientists.

An infectious disease is different from an inherited disease because ...

• it is passed down from parent to offspring.

• it is always a recessive disease.

• it can be contracted.

• it is always dominant.

This pathogen is actually a protein. There is no cure for diseases caused by this agent.

• Viruses

• Bacteria

• Prions

• Fungi

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

This type of pathogen is non-living. The best way to prevent these pathogens from infecting a person is vaccination and proper hygiene. Example: Influenza

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Helminths

• Protists

These pathogens are living and are uni-cellular. They can be treated with antibiotics.

• Bacteria

• Prions

• Protists

• Fungi

This type of pathogen is actually a type of eukaryotic worm. Example: Tapeworm

• Helminths

• Protists

• Virus

• Fungi