WorksheetsInfectious Diseases
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Is a microbe that needs a person or animal to survive. It contains genetic material. Sometimes theses cannot be killed. It causes diseases like flu, common cold, herpes, rabies and ebola.
Bacteria
Virus
Parasite
Fungi
Is a single celled microbe that causes diseases such as strep throat, meningitis, TB, cholera and staph infection. Can multiple quickly in the body. There are good and bad types of these in the body.
Bacteria
Virus
Parasite
Fungi
Is a plant-like microbe. Causes athletes foot.
Bacteria
Virus
Parasite
Fungi
A microbe that lives in or on another organism of another species (its host) and benefits by taking nutrients from the host. Examples include head lice and tapeworms.
Bacteria
Virus
Parasite
Fungi
If Hunter has a bacterial infection such as strep throat, can he take an antibiotic to get rid of it?
Yes because antibiotics only kill bacteria
Yes because antibiotics can kill any microbe
No because antibiotics only kill viruses
No because antibiotics are bad for you
If Aubree has a viral infection such as the flu, can she take an antibiotic to get rid of it?
Yes because antibiotics only kill bacteria
Yes because antibiotics can kill any microbe
No because antibiotics only kill viruses
No because antibiotics only kill bacteria
What website domains are normally NOT credible/reliable for research? (2)
.com
.net
.org
.gov
.edu
What website domains are normally credible/reliable for research? (3)
.com
.net
.org
.gov
.edu
How many years should a reliable website been published within to be reliable?
2 years
5 years
10 years
15 years
What is an infectious disease?
A disease that can be spread from person to person
A disease that cannot be spread from person to person
What is a non-infectious disease?
A disease that can be spread from person to person
A disease that cannot be spread from person to person
When taking medicine sometimes these things happen to our bodies. Hint: negative effects that can be caused by medication.
Signs
Effects
Symptoms
Side effects
Dead or weakened versions of a disease that our bodies can easily fight off that can give us immunity from the disease is called a
Shot
doctor
vaccine
drug
An ____________________ disease can also be called a communicable disease
infectious
noninfectious
asthma
deadly
A ____________________ disease can also be called a noncommunicable disease
infectious
noninfectious
asthma
deadly
A website that has an author listed in normally a good website to use for research
True
False
Fatigue means tiredness
True
False
A website that has advertisments on the page and that is trying to sell you something is a reliable website to use for research
True
False
Living things that cause disease are called (a)
Word Bank:
Pathogens ................ infectious ..................... disease
Diseases caused by tiny living things are called (a) diseases.
Word Bank:
Pathogens ................ infectious ..................... disease
Is the following sentence true or false?
Pathogens make you sick by damaging cells.
True
False
The blood cells that fight pathogens.
Lymphocytes
Red blood cells
Plasma
Hemoglobin
the body's response to an infection by showing redness, swelling, & pain
immunization
mobilization (stage of infection)
inflammation
Which of the following is an effective method of preventing infection by Malaria?
Use pesticides to kill the mosquito (vector)
Quarantine the mosquitos that carry the parasite
Provide condoms to prevent transmission of parasite during sex
Drink plenty of water
