Pathogens

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

• They are all alive

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

Bacteria cannot be spread through contact with infected surfaces.

• true

• false

An organism that carries and transmits infectious pathogens is called

• antibodies

• vector

• antibiotic

• contact

Vaccines attack healthy cells.

• true

• false

Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the scenario that could best explain how the people got sick?

• contact with environmental sources

• contact with an infected animal

• contact with a contaminated object

• contact with an infected person

What does aerosol transmission mean?

• Transmitted by spraying a can

• Transmitted in droplets in the air

• Transmitted by water

• Transmitted by touching

When a pathogen is moved from person to person through physical touch (kissing, hugging, close-up sneezing, shaking hands).

• Transmission

• Translation

• Emission

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact