Understanding Epidemiology

What does the term "epidemiology" refer to in the context provided?

• The study of powerful creatures

• The branch of medicine that deals with how diseases spread through populations

• The spread of ideas, attitudes, or behavior patterns in a group

• The likening of one thing to another based on similarity of features

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is meant by the term "behemoth" as used in the text?

• A thoroughly accurate, precise concept

• An enormous or powerful creature or thing

• A method of rigorous study

• A type of analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which term is defined as "the spread of ideas, attitudes, or behavior patterns in a group through imitation and conformity"?

• Epidemiology

• Rigorous

• Social contagion

• Piggybacking

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What does "analogy" mean according to the provided text?

• The branch of medicine that deals with diseases

• The use of existing work as a basis or support

• The likening of one thing to another based on similarity of features

• Being thoroughly accurate and precise

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does "rigorous" imply in the context given?

• A powerful creature or thing

• The spread of ideas through imitation

• Thoroughly accurate, precise

• Using existing work as support

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the meaning of "piggybacking" as used in the text?

• The study of how diseases spread

• The likening of one thing to another

• The spread of ideas and behavior patterns

• Use existing work as a basis or support

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4