WorksheetsInfectious vs Non-Infectious Disease
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
An agent that causes an infectious disease is called a pathogen
False
True
Which of the following isn't a non-infectious disease
Obesity
Beri Beri
Influenza
Diabetes
What is responsible for detecting differences between the body's own cells and cells of another organism?
The endocrine system
The immune system
The brain
The cardiovascular system
Non-infectious diseases can be spread from person to person
True
False
A communicable disease is one that is
transmitted via people talking
transmitted from one organism to another
transmitted via people using communication devices
not caused by a pathogen
The time between infection and the onset of symptoms is called the
infection period
susceptibility period
incubation period
resistant period
Which of the following is not a genetic disease
cystic fibrosis
phenylketonuria
malaria
haemophilia
Which of the following is incorrect for autoimmune diseases?
They are non-infectious diseases
They can be communicable
They are conditions where the autoimmune system attacks the body's own tissues
Multiple sclerosis
