Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases

Vaccines can help stop some diseases.

• True

• False

Communicable diseases are disease that get spread from person to person.

• True

• False

When a person sneezes, they can be spreading germs.

• True

• False

Non-communicable diseases are not preventable.

• True

• False

A scientist who studies the causes and spread of diseases

• Diseaseologist

• Poliovirusologist

• Meterologist

• Epidemiologist

Check all the ways pathogens can be spread

• contact

• contaminated food or water

• air

• vectors

A disease that spreads to many people in a short period

of time

• communicable disease

• epidemic

• noncommunicable disease

• protozoans

A contagious disease

• communicable disease

• epidemic

• noncommunicable disease

• protozoans

A noncontagious disease

• communicable disease

• epidemic

• noncommunicable disease

• protozoans

Scientists define this as anything that causes a disease

• Pathogen

• communicable

• non-communicable

• microorganism