Microbiology Health and Diseases

Unicellular eukaryotic organisms capable of movement:may cause infections (malaria, African sleeping sickness

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protozoa

Organism that benefits from a host organism while the host is harmed

• Disease

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Parasite

Genus of bacteria commonly know fro causing strep throat

• Streptococcus

• Microbiology

• Infection

• Fungi

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting many large populations( example: typhoid)

• Disease

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Disease that can be spread from one generation to the next

• Microbiology

• Infection

• Streptococcus

• Infectious Disease

Anything causing danger or risk to health

• Calorie

• Vector

• Hazard

• Hygiene

Multi-cellular Eukaryotic organisms that obtain nutrients by breaking down organic matter.

• Protozoa

• Virus

• Fungi

• Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Science of studying disease-causing microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.)

• Microbiology

• Zoology

• Chemistry

• Biology

Unicellular prokaryotic organism found nearly everywhere on Earth; capable of living in a variety of areas or conditions. Many are benficial while may cause infectious (may be treated with antibiotics)

• virus

• bacteria

• pathogen

• parasite

Illness or sickness caused by genes, infectionsm toxicity, nutritional imbalance, etc.

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Disease

• Parasite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1