Learning About Disease

Which type of disease CAN be spread from person to person?

• Communicable diseases
• Noncommunicable diseases

A disease that does not spread from person to person is called a ___________.

• Communicable disease
• Noncommunicable disease

What do you call the signs and feelings of an illness? 

• Pathogens
• Infection
• Symptoms
• Viruses

___________ are tiny organisms that cause diseases.

• Pathogens
• Infection
• Symptoms
• Noncommunicable diseases

Which pathogens are the smallest and cause the most infectious diseases?

• Viruses
• Bacteria 
• Fungi
• Protozoa

Which pathogens are small, simple living things like yeast and molds?

• Viruses
• Bacteria 
• Fungi
• Protozoa

A/An ____________ is a medicine that can give you immunity to a disease.

• Antibodies
• Immunity
• Vaccine
• Antibiotic

What do you call substances made by white blood cells to help fight pathogens?

• Antibodies
• Immunity
• Vaccines
• Antibiotics

What can you do to help your body build resistance against diseases?

• Exercising regularly
• Getting at least 8 hours of sleep each night 
• Drinking lots of water
• All of the above

___________ diseases affect a person for a long time. 

• Acute
• Chronic
• Communicable 
• Painful