Unit 1- Pathogens & Infectious Disease

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

• They are all alive

Which type of pathogen is responsible for causing the flu, chicken pox, and yellow fever?

• viruses

• parasites

• fungi

• bacteria

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

An infectious disease:

• can be spread from person to person.
• can not be spread from person to person.

A microbe that can cause harm is known as a

• Pathogen

• Pathogon

• Virus

• Bacteria

Which is not an infectious disease?

• Malaria
• diabetes
• food poisoning
• measles

Which answer best describes how infectious diseases get transmitted (passed on)?  

• people can sneeze or cough and pass disease on through the air
• drinking water can be contaminated with diseases
• objects such as doorknobs and towels can be contaminated by disease
• all of the above answers are ways that diseases are transmitted

Increase number of cases in one population

• Out break

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Endemic

When one diseases is common in an specific geographical area.

• Out break

• Epidemic

• Endemic

• Pandemic

Diseases with cases around the world

• Out break

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Endemic

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