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COMMUNICABLE AND NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are five pathogens that can cause communicable diseases?

a)

Bacteria, carbohydrates and protein

b)

Insects. Water, soil

c)

Bacteria, virus, fungi, Protozoa, parasite

2.

The following are ways diseases spread except __________

a)

By direct contact

b)

By insects

c)

By being friendly

3.

Fungi causes skin infection.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Non-communicable diseases are also known as?

a)

not severe diseases

b)

chronic diseases

5.

What is the immune system?

a)

The antibiotics that fight diseases

b)

The body system that fights ninjas

c)

The body system that fights diseases

d)

The medicine that makes you feel better

6.

Lifestyle choices are small daily choices that you can make to help lower your risk of some diseases.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Viruses can replicate without a host.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Fever is an example of a _________, or a sign that you aren't feeling well.

a)

ache

b)

heredity

c)

symptom

d)

sign

9.

A disease that is hereditary can be passed from parents to their children.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A disease that does NOT spread from person to person is a ______________.

a)

communicable

b)

non-communicable

11.

A disease that can be spread from person to person is a ______________.

a)

non-communicable

b)

communicable

12.

All diseases are caused by pathogens.

a)

Fact

b)

Fiction

13.

Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen ___________.

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungus

d)

Protozoan

14.

Pathogens can be spread by drinking contaminated water or eating raw or undercooked food.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.
What is a non-communicable disease?
a)
An illness that can be passed on by germs from person to person.
b)
A disease that cannot be passed on to another person.
16.

An illness that affects the lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

a)

Allergies

b)

Diabetes

c)

Asthma

d)

Conjunctivitis

17.

An illness that affects how your body uses sugar.

a)

Cystic Fibrosis

b)

Pertussis

c)

Cancer

d)

Diabetes

18.

A disorder that causes bones to become weak. The weak bones can lead to breaks.

a)

Cancer

b)

Arthritis

c)

Osteoporosis

d)

Heart Disease

19.

A reaction in the body to a foreign substance, such as pollen, bee venom, or pet dander.

a)

Common Cold

b)

Heart Disease

c)

Asthma

d)

Allergies

20.

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.

a)

Cystic Fibros

b)

Cancer

c)

Diabetes

d)

Heart Disease

21.

There are a variety of causes of this communicable disease, including diet, lack of exercise, being overweight, other health conditions, and genetics.

a)

Heart Disease

b)

Cancer

c)

Asthma

d)

Allergies

22.

This occurs when the production of new bone doesn’t keep up with the removal of old bone.

a)

Osteoporosis

b)

Arthritis

c)

Heart Disease

d)

Cancer

23.
Ways to limit exposure to communicable disease :
a)
washing your hands
b)
eating a balanced diet and participating in physical activity
c)
learn stress management techniques
d)
All of the above
24.
Cancer, Hypertension, and Asthma are examples of what types of disease?
a)
Non-communicable
b)
Communicable
25.

Bacteria diseases can be cured with antibiotics.

a)

true

b)

false

26.
You can get ringworm of the skin by sharing contaminated towels, clothing, and sports equipment, and by direct contact with an infected person. Ringworm is what type of disease?
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
c)
fungus
d)
parasite
27.
Strep throat is caused by:
a)
Virus
b)
fungi
c)
Bacteria
d)
Protozoa
28.

The BEST way to prevent pathogens from spreading is by ________________.

a)

avoiding contact with people

b)

taking out the trash

c)

washing your hands

d)

never going to a hospital or doctors office

29.

Cancer cells formed into a mass of tissue.

a)

Cancer

b)

Malignant Tumor

c)

Tumor

d)

Benign Tumor

30.

Thickening of the arteries due to fat that is deposited on artery walls. It causes an abnormal flow of blood to your organs.

a)

Arteriosclerosis

b)

Angina Pectoris

c)

Heart Attack

d)

Congestive Heart Failure

31.

Type of Tumor that don’t spread in other parts of the body.

a)

Cancer

b)

Malignant Tumor

c)

Tumor

d)

Benign Tumor

32.

Death of cardiac muscle due to lack of blood flow to the heart.

a)

Arteriosclerosis

b)

Angina Pectoris

c)

Heart Attack

d)

Congestive Heart Failure

33.

Are noninfectious illnesses which may result from hereditary or lifestyle factors and not from pathogens

a)

Communicable diseases

b)

Non-Communicable diseases

34.

Disease that do not spread from a sick person to a healthy person is called communicable disease.

a)

False

b)

True

35.

Obesity is a state of being healthy.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What are the diseases that cannot be transferred from one person to another?

a)

Communicable Diseases

b)

Non-Communicable Diseases

c)

Contagious Diseases

37.

What do you call the diseases that can be easily transferred from one person to another?

a)

Non-Communicable Diseases

b)

Protozoa Diseases

c)

Communicable Diseases

38.

Food and water can become contaminated with germs and people ca get sick when they eat or drink them

a)

True

b)

Maybe

c)

False

39.

A medicine that can give you immunity to a disease is called a __________.

a)

antibodies

b)

vaccine

c)

pathogen

d)

white blood cell

40.

Vector is _______________.

a)

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

b)

An organism, such as an insect that transmits pathogens.

c)

Prevalent over a whole country or the world

d)

Network of cells, tissues, organs, and chemicals that fights off pathogens.