Analyze and Interpret Data on the Difference Between Epidemic and Pandemic

What is the main difference between a pandemic and an epidemic?

• Type of disease

• Severity of symptoms

• Time of year

• Scale and geographic spread

Which is a distinction between an epidemic and a pandemic?

• the symptoms of the disease

• the geographical area affected

• the species of organisms infected

• the season in which the disease spreads

How is the prevention of an epidemic different from the prevention of a pandemic?

• Preventing an epidemic requires the use of antibiotics, while preventing a pandemic requires the use of vaccines.

• Preventing a pandemic requires uninfected and infected people to wash their hands, while preventing an epidemic requires people to wear gloves.

• Preventing a pandemic requires vaccinating large numbers of people dispersed over a wide geographic area, while an epidemic requires vaccinating fewer people spread over a smaller area.

• Preventing an epidemic requires vaccinating large numbers of people spread over a wide geographic area, while a pandemic requires vaccinating fewer people spread over a smaller area.

In 2020, as the number of cases of COVID-19 increased and spread across the world, it became considered:

• Epidemic

• Endemic

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa (2014-2016) and SARS (2003) in Hong Kong, China are examples of _______________ because they were contained to a country and/or region.

• epidemics

• pandemics

The Bubonic Plague and the H1N1 Flu of 2009 are examples of __________ because they spread world-wide.

• epidemics

• pandemics

Which type of disease outbreak would include diseases such as cholera, and dysentery occurring in communities with poor sanitation?

• Pandemic

• Endemic

• Epidemic

• Clustered

A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while, but is increasing rapidly or spreading around the world is called:

• Infectious

• Pandemic

• Environmental

• Emerging

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly over countries and continents?

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Endemic

An event in which a disease spreads to many regions of the world...

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Outbreak

• Pathogen