What Causes Infectious Diseases
A disease caused by organisms that enter and multiply within the human body?
Infectious Disease
What is passive immunity
Temporary immunity that an infant acquires from it's mother
Which animal’s milk is pink?
Hippo
What theory did Louis Pasteur help to prove with his experiments on microbes?
The germ theory of disease
Name 3 of the possible forms pathogens can take?
Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites, Protozoa and Fungi
What is active immunity?
Immunity your body develops to protect you form disease
Which bird can mimic almost any sound it hears — including chainsaws and camera shutters?
Lyrebirds
What was the purpose of Pasteur’s swan-neck flask experiment, and what did it show?
It showed that microorganisms come from other microorganisms, not from spontaneous generation.
What are Protozoa?
Single celled organisms that are larger than bacteria and have a more complex cell structure.
What is vaccination?
Another name for active immunity that involves the introduction into the body of a vaccine
What animal can hold its breath for up to 90 minutes underwater?
sperm whale
What are Koch’s postulates, and why were they important?
Koch’s postulates are four rules used to identify the specific microorganism causing a disease.
They provided a systematic method to link microbes to particular illnesses, confirming the germ theory.
What is a virus?
A pathogen can only reproduce inside a host’s living cells and includes diseases such as influenza and HIV.
Name 2 ways to protect yourself from being infected by disease
Maintain hygiene
Reduce sharing utensils and drinks
Avoid high population areas
What is the only two mammals capable of laying eggs?
Platypus & echidnas
Name one major difference in the approaches of Pasteur and Koch to studying disease.
Pasteur focused on preventing disease through vaccination and experiments on microbes, while Koch focused on identifying and isolating the specific bacteria that caused diseases like anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera.