Vocab
A large and complex single-celled organism.
What is protozoan
The smallest pathogen
What is a Virus
White blood cells called _______ carry out most of the immune system’s functions.
What are Lymphocytes (LIM fuh syts)
A(n) ______ is a drug that inhibits or kills bacteria.
Antibiotic (an tih by AHT ik)
Question: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Who is Amelia Earhart
Organisms such as yeasts, molds, and mushrooms that grow best in warm, dark,
moist areas.
What is fungi
What should this list be titled?
An infected person
water
food
soil
animals
What is How Pathogens are spread
The __________ fights disease by producing a separate set of weapons for each kind of pathogen it encounters.
What is the Immune system (ih MYOON)
A group of viruses that infect the liver can cause ________, or inflammation of the liver.
Hepatitis (hep uh TY tis)
What is the longest River in the World
What is the Nile River
A network of vessels that collects fluid from body tissues and returns it to the bloodstream; contains much of the immune system.
What is lymphatic system
True or False: A virus can multiply after entering a dead cell.
What is False:
A virus can multiply ONLY after entering a LIVING cell.
______ are proteins that attach to the surface of pathogens or to the toxins produced by pathogens.
What are Antibodies
_______ is spread by airborne droplets and contact with contaminated objects.
What is Influenza
In which year did World War II end?
What is 1945
An unusually high occurrence of a disease in a certain place during a certain time period.
What is an epidemic
_____ are simple, single-celled microorganisms, that live in air, soil, food, and in and on the bodies of plants and animals, including you.
What is Bacteria
The fluid flowing through the lymphatic system is called _____
What is lymph (limf).
Four infectious diseases caused by bacteria are
What are:
strep throat
tuberculosis
What is the name of the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?
What is photosynethesis
An infectious disease that has become more common within the last 20 years or threatens to become more common in the near future.
What is an emerging disease
A Single-celled organisms that are much larger and more complex than bacteria are known as_______
What are Protozoans
T Cells perform several functions. Name 2 out of the 3 functions of the T cells.
Killer T cells destroy any body cell that has been infected by a pathogen.
Suppressor T cells produce chemicals that “turn off” other immune system cells when an infection has been brought under control.
“Strep” is short for _______, the bacterium that causes the disease.
What is Streptococcus
Attended Camden Promise Middle School this player was drafted 13th pick, in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Who is Haasan Reddick