Germs & Microbes
This is the scientific name for "germs" or any tiny living thing that causes disease
What are pathogens
This word describes a disease that can be passed from person to person (like a cold).
What is communicable?
This is a liquid used on human skin (like iodine or alcohol) to kill germs.
What is an antiseptic?
Bacteria grow best when they have these three things: Food, Moisture, and ________.
What is Warmth (or Heat)?
This habit is a major cause of lung diseases like emphysema and lung cancer.
What is smoking?
These are small, single-celled organisms that can live almost anywhere (like on your skin or a desk).
What is bacteria?
This word describes a disease you cannot catch from someone else (like cancer).
What is non-communicable?
This is a strong chemical (like bleach) used to clean floors and counters.
What is a disinfectant?
We use this machine because it keeps food cold, which slows down the growth of bacteria.
What is a refrigerator?
These are diseases you are born with because they are passed down from your parents.
What are genetic diseases?
These are even smaller than bacteria. They "take over" your body’s cells to make copies of themselves.
What are viruses?
This is when germs travel through the air when someone coughs or sneezes.
What is airborne?
This is the process of using hot steam to kill every single germ on a medical tool.
What is sterilization?
This way of preserving food involves removing all the water so germs cannot grow.
What is drying (or smoking)?
High air pollution or breathing in asbestos are examples of this "outside" cause of disease.
What are environmental factors?
This type of microbe includes molds and mushrooms. It is the cause of "Athlete’s Foot."
What is fungi?
This is when germs travel through dirty drinking water.
What is water-borne?
Doctors wear these on their hands to stop germs under their fingernails from reaching a patient.
What are rubber gloves?
This method keeps food fresh by removing all the oxygen from the package.
What is vacuum packaging?
A lack of exercise and a poor diet can lead to this condition, which makes heart disease more likely.
What is obesity?
These are single-celled organisms that act like a mix of plants and animals. Malaria is caused by these.
What are protists?
This is when germs travel by touching an infected person or a dirty object.
What is direct contact?
These are used to cover a cut or wound to keep new germs from entering the body.
What are sterile bandages?
This process involves heating milk to a high temperature to kill bacteria without changing the taste.
What is pasteurization?
This term describes a person's access to clean water, good food, and doctors.
What is standard of living?