6Science Quiz 15A

a disease that spreads to many people in a short period of time

• pandemic

• epidemic

• outbreak

• contagion

cause of disease and pain in the world

• Adam's sin

• Environmental factors

• Genetic mutations

• Infectious agents

causes most infections

• viruses

• fungi

• bacteria

• parasites

a noncontagious disease

• communicable disease

• infectious disease

• noncommunicable disease

• transmissible disease

ways pathogens can be spread (you have to know 3)

• air

• direct sunlight

• clean water

• exercise

anything that causes disease

• pathogen

• antibody

• virus

• bacteria

animals that carry pathogens

• carriers

• hosts

• vectors

• pathogens

four common pathogens

• fungi

• bacteria

• viruses

• protozoans

a contagious disease

• communicable disease

• non-communicable disease

• chronic disease

• acute disease

a scientist who studies the causes and spread of diseases

• epidemiologist

• biochemist

• geneticist

• microbiologist