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WorksheetsUnderstanding Diseases
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
True or False: All diseases can be passed from one person to another.
False
Bacterial diseases cannot spread between people
Only viral diseases can be transmitted
All diseases are contagious
What do you call a condition that disturbs normal body function?
treatment
symptom
disease
infection
What do you think causes most diseases—germs, lifestyle, or the environment?
A combination of germs, lifestyle, and the environment.
The environment is the sole cause of diseases.
Only germs cause diseases.
Lifestyle has no impact on diseases.
True or False: Non-communicable diseases can be transmitted between people.
True
Non-communicable diseases are contagious
False
Non-communicable diseases can be spread through air
What is the term for the number of deaths in a population?
Mortality
Fertility
Population Density
Morbidity
What do we call the presence of a disease in a population?
Mortality
Incidence
Epidemiology
Prevalence
True or False: Communicable diseases are always caused by bacteria.
False
All communicable diseases are bacterial infections.
Communicable diseases are only caused by viruses.
True
Name one example of a non-communicable disease.
Diabetes
Flu
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis
What is the primary way communicable diseases spread?
Through airborne particles from sneezing or coughing.
Direct or indirect contact with infected individuals or surfaces.
Via insect bites or animal transmission.
By consuming contaminated food or water.
True or False: Lifestyle choices can influence the risk of non-communicable diseases.
True
Only genetics influence non-communicable diseases
False
Lifestyle choices have no impact on health
