Activity 1: Infection (Modeling & Simulation)

An infectious disease that can spread from one organism to another.

• communicable disease

• contagious

• disease outbreak

• infectious disease

A sudden increase in the number of organisms infected with a disease.

• communicable disease

• contagious

• disease outbreak

• infectious disease

Able to be passed from one organism to another.

• communicable disease

• contagious

• disease outbreak

• infectious disease

An illness caused by germs that harms an organism’s health.

• communicable disease

• contagious

• disease outbreak

• infectious disease

A microorganism that can make a person sick.

• infected

• paramater

• germ

• organism

Having a disease caused by germs.

• infected

• paramater

• germ

• organism

A living thing that has an organized structure and can move (respond to stimuli), breathe, reproduce, grow, excrete, and consume.

• infected

• paramater

• germ

• organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A value that helps to define how a computer model works in a simulation. Parameters can be changed for each simulation to show how the parameter affects the model.

• infected

• paramater

• germ

• organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Using a computer model to see a situation happen, without testing it in real life.

• simulation

• paramater

• susceptible

• variable

Something that changes or can be changed.

• simulation

• paramater

• susceptible

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-2