5th Grade 5.2 Pathogens and Infectious Disease Review

Which of these means the way something is spread from one person or thing to another person in many ways?

• Bacteria

• Transmitted

• Protozoa

• Viruses

Which of these are one celled organisms that are larger than bacteria that can cause dysentery?

• Bacteria

• Transmitted

• Protozoa

• Viruses

Which of these is the smallest kind of microbe that causes the common cold by invading other cells?

• Bacteria

• fungi

• Protozoa

• Viruses

Which of these is a small, simple living thing like yeast and mold?

• Bacteria

• fungi

• Protozoa

• Viruses

Which of these is a microbe that produces harmful wastes and causes strep throat?

• Bacteria

• fungi

• Protozoa

• Viruses

Which of these is NOT a way pathogens can be transmitted?

• Infected animals

• Coughing/Sneezing

• On peoples hands or things they have touched

• By looking at a sick person

Which of these is NOT a way pathogens can enter your body?

• Break in your skin(cut)

• Nose or mouth

• Eyes

• Through your fingernails