Epidemiology and Immune System

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time; AKA outbreak, plague

• epidemic

• pandemic

• endemic

• antibody

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An epidemic that has spread across multiple continents, or worldwide, for a period of time

• epidemic

• pandemic

• endemic

• antibody

When a disease is regularly found in a certain area; native to a certain area

• epidemic

• pandemic

• endemic

• antibody

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Study of the patterns, causes, and effects of disease conditions

• anthropology

• biology

• epidemiology

• epidemic

A medicine that kills bacteria

• probiotic

• antibiotic

• anti-viral medication

• chemotherapy

A supplement that provides 'good' bacteria to help you digest food

• antibiotic

• vitamin

• probiotic

• prebiotic

Compounds in food that promote the growth of beneficial bacteria

• antibiotics

• probiotics

• prebiotics

• proteins

A microscopic organism, may be unicellular or in a colony of many cells

• microbe

• microorganism

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Large y-shaped proteins that can tag or neutralize bacteria or viruses

• antibiotics

• antibodies

• antigens

• probiotics

The process by which autotrophs use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugars

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• digestion

• epidemiology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5