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communicable disease

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which micro organisms cause communicable diseases?

a)

Pathogens

b)

Pathogerms

c)

Partitions

2.

What are five pathogens that can cause communicable diseases?

a)

Bacteria, carbohydrates and protein

b)

Insects. Water, soil

c)

Bacteria, virus, fungi, Protozoa, parasite

3.

_________ are diseases that can be transmitted from one person to another

a)

Non communicable diseases

b)

Communicable diseases

c)

Goiter

4.

Lack of Vitamin A causes _________

a)

Night blindness

b)

Goiter

c)

Rickets

5.

Sources of Vitamin C include the following except

a)

Amla

b)

Orange

c)

Beans

6.

__________ causes typhoid

a)

Protozoa

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

7.

The following are ways diseases spread except __________

a)

By direct contact

b)

By insects

c)

By being friendly

8.

Fungi causes skin infection

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not sure

9.

Diseases can be classified into two types, ___________ diseases and ________ diseases

a)

Pathogens and Microorganisms

b)

Communication and non communication

c)

Communicable and non communicable

10.

What are two viral diseases that do have a vaccine?

a)

Measles and typhoid

b)

Measles and malaria

c)

Measles and chicken pox

11.
What is  a communicable disease?
a)
A disease that cannot be spread person to person.
b)
A disease that can be spread from person to person.
12.

Mosquitoes and houseflies are examples of organisms that can spread disease. These types of organisms are refereed to as?

a)

Vectors

b)

Fungi

c)

Pathogens

13.
Washing your hands is the _________ effective strategy for preventing the spread of disease?
a)
least
b)
most
14.
Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Fungus
d)
Protozoan
15.

This is the transmission of infectious disease through air.

a)

Airborne transmission

b)

Droplet spread

c)

Contaminated Objects

d)

Insect bites

16.

The carrier of malaria causing protozoan is:

a)

Female anopheles mosquito

b)

cockroach

c)

housefly

d)

female Aedes mosquito

17.

Which of the following is not caused by bacteria.

a)

Cholera

b)

Typhoid

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Malaria

18.
Viruses are the smallest disease-causing organisms.  Fact or Fiction
a)
Fact
b)
Fiction
19.
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
20.
What pathogen causes influenza (the Flu)
a)
Bacteria
b)
Virus
c)
Protozoa
d)
Fungi