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WorksheetsCOMMUNICABLE AND NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
What are five pathogens that can cause communicable diseases?
Bacteria, carbohydrates and protein
Insects. Water, soil
Bacteria, virus, fungi, Protozoa, parasite
The following are ways diseases spread except __________
By direct contact
By insects
By being friendly
Fungi causes skin infection.
True
False
Non-communicable diseases are also known as?
not severe diseases
chronic diseases
What is the immune system?
The antibiotics that fight diseases
The body system that fights ninjas
The body system that fights diseases
The medicine that makes you feel better
Lifestyle choices are small daily choices that you can make to help lower your risk of some diseases.
False
True
Viruses can replicate without a host.
True
False
Fever is an example of a _________, or a sign that you aren't feeling well.
ache
heredity
symptom
sign
A disease that is hereditary can be passed from parents to their children.
True
False
A disease that does NOT spread from person to person is a ______________.
communicable
non-communicable
A disease that can be spread from person to person is a ______________.
non-communicable
communicable
All diseases are caused by pathogens.
Fact
Fiction
Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen ___________.
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Protozoan
Pathogens can be spread by drinking contaminated water or eating raw or undercooked food.
TRUE
FALSE
An illness that affects the lungs, making it difficult to breathe.
Allergies
Diabetes
Asthma
Conjunctivitis
An illness that affects how your body uses sugar.
Cystic Fibrosis
Pertussis
Cancer
Diabetes
A disorder that causes bones to become weak. The weak bones can lead to breaks.
Cancer
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Heart Disease
A reaction in the body to a foreign substance, such as pollen, bee venom, or pet dander.
Common Cold
Heart Disease
Asthma
Allergies
A range of diseases characterized by the presence of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably. These cells have the ability to invade and destroy normal body tissue and can spread throughout the body.
Cystic Fibros
Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease
There are a variety of causes of this communicable disease, including diet, lack of exercise, being overweight, other health conditions, and genetics.
Heart Disease
Cancer
Asthma
Allergies
This occurs when the production of new bone doesn’t keep up with the removal of old bone.
Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Heart Disease
Cancer
Bacteria diseases can be cured with antibiotics.
true
false
The BEST way to prevent pathogens from spreading is by ________________.
avoiding contact with people
taking out the trash
washing your hands
never going to a hospital or doctors office
Cancer cells formed into a mass of tissue.
Cancer
Malignant Tumor
Tumor
Benign Tumor
Thickening of the arteries due to fat that is deposited on artery walls. It causes an abnormal flow of blood to your organs.
Arteriosclerosis
Angina Pectoris
Heart Attack
Congestive Heart Failure
Type of Tumor that don’t spread in other parts of the body.
Cancer
Malignant Tumor
Tumor
Benign Tumor
Death of cardiac muscle due to lack of blood flow to the heart.
Arteriosclerosis
Angina Pectoris
Heart Attack
Congestive Heart Failure
Are noninfectious illnesses which may result from hereditary or lifestyle factors and not from pathogens
Communicable diseases
Non-Communicable diseases
Disease that do not spread from a sick person to a healthy person is called communicable disease.
False
True
Obesity is a state of being healthy.
True
False
What are the diseases that cannot be transferred from one person to another?
Communicable Diseases
Non-Communicable Diseases
Contagious Diseases
What do you call the diseases that can be easily transferred from one person to another?
Non-Communicable Diseases
Protozoa Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Food and water can become contaminated with germs and people ca get sick when they eat or drink them
True
Maybe
False
A medicine that can give you immunity to a disease is called a __________.
antibodies
vaccine
pathogen
white blood cell
Vector is _______________.
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
An organism, such as an insect that transmits pathogens.
Prevalent over a whole country or the world
Network of cells, tissues, organs, and chemicals that fights off pathogens.
