Infectious Diseases

Particles that behave like living things when they get inside the body of a host are ...

• bacteria
• viruses

• a fungi
• vectors

A host is:

• A plant or animal in which pathogens grow.

• Living things that live on inside the body.

• An animal that transmits a pathogen

• A microorganism that has been transmitted

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A microbe that lives in or on another organism of another species (its host) and benefits by taking nutrients from the host. Examples include head lice and tapeworms.

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Parasite

• Fungi

Infectious diseases are caused by:

• Antibodies

• Biceps

• Neurons

• Pathogens

Living things that live in the soil, water, and inside the plants and animals.

• liverwarts

• Slime molds

• Bacteria

• Amoebas

Ebola is a deadly viral disease that spreads easily but is relegated to several countries on the continent of Africa. What is the Ebola outbreak considered?

• outbreak

• pandemic

• epidemic

• contamination

How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?

• by taking medication daily

• by preventing transmission between people

• by wearing clean clothing daily

• by performing dental hygiene three times each day

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

Diseases that are transmitted through water include:

(you can choose more than one answer)

• cholera

• typhoid

• fever

• flu

Diseases caused by fungi are ....

(You may answer more than one answer.)

• athlete's foot

• infection of eyes, skin and mouth.

• fever

• flu