Vocabulary
something that causes illness in one's body
What is disease
it causes an infectious disease
What is a pathogen.
Name the two types of immunity
What is active and passive
Name 2 ways infectious disease can spread
direct contact, infected animals, contaminated objects, food, soil, or water
The body's abnormal reaction to a foreign substance
What is an allergy
A non-infectious disease that is often inherited or caused by a mutation in the DNA
What is a genetic disorder
What type of immunity is created by your own body and lasts years to a lifetime?
What is active immunity
List one way you can prevent the spread of infectious disease
hand washing, good hygiene, cleaning the environment
What causes an allergy?
What is an allergen
Name 2 pathogens
options: fungi, protist, virus, bacteria
the type of immunity that comes from an outside source that is not your own body and lasts only a few months
What is passive
Can a non-infectious disease be contagious? Why or why not?
No- it is someone's own body's abnormal reaction- there is not a germ that can be spread around
Name an example of an infectious disease
a body's abnormal reaction to a foreign substance
What is an allergy.
Name an example of active immunity and passive immunity
active- vaccine or having the disease
passive- a baby gets it from its mother or an antibody injection
Compare and contrast a virus and a bacteria
A virus is not living while a bacteria is living. They both cause infectious diseases
Name an example of a non-infectious disease
Mrs. Peters will deem correct or incorrect
What is a chronic disease?
What is a disease that lasts a long time or occurs frequently
Name 2 pathogens AND an example of disease caused by each
Mrs. Peters will say if correct or incorrect
How does the body get rid of pathogens in the blood and tissue?
Lymph carries invaders away to the lymph nodes that trap the pathogens and the white blood cells destroy the invaders
Where are white blood cells made?
in the bone marrow
Describe the differences between acute and chronic diseases
Acute comes suddenly and lasts a short time while chronic is long lasting or occurs frequently