Disease
Diseases
Diseases
Prevention/Treatment
Physical Health
100

Name a communicable disease.

Chicken Pox

Measles 

Cold

Flu 

100

What are the three risk factors for noncommunicable diseases?

Heredity 

Environment 

Lifestyle 

100

Recurrence of a disease, in which signs and symptoms return after a period of remission

Relapse

100

Medication that you can pick up at the store.

Over the counter medication

100

True or False. Physical health is not essential for our overall well-being.

False

200

What is a disease that can be spread from one person to another person.

Communicable

200

Prediction of how likely a person is to recover from the disease

Prognosis

200

A new condition or second disease that arises in a person who already has one disease

Complication

200

Name two ways to prevent communicable diseases?

  • Washing Hands

  • Respiratory Etiquette

  • Food Sanitation

  • Vaccines

200

True or False. Maintaining Physical Health can help us fight diseases.

True

300

Heredity is a risk factor for?

Noncommunicable disease
300

A time without signs and symptoms associated with that disease

Remission

300

Viral or bacterial infection of the eye, also known as pink eye

Conjunctivitis

300

True or False. Washing your hands is not an effective way to prevent diseases.

False

300

True or False. Exercise is a great tool to maintain healthy lifestyle.

True
400

Cause communicable disease

Pathogen

400

Invades a person’s cells and multiplies to create an illness

Viruses 

400

Name an example of a noncommunicable disease.

Heart Disease

Cancer

Diabetes

Stroke

400

Name two ways to prevent noncommunicable disease.

  • Avoid unnecessary sun exposure

  • Avoid alcohol, tobacco and other drugs

  • Maintain physical activity and exercise

  • Regular screenings and testing with doctors 

  • Eating healthy

400

Name one contributing factor physical health.

Nutrition

Physical Activity

Behavior

500

Mass of abnormal cells

Tumor

500

Single-celled organisms that live in almost every place where life can thrive

Bacteria

500

Name 3 ways you can transmit a communicable disease.

Direct contact

Indirect contact

Animal or insect

Airborne 

Food or water contaminated

Droplets 

500

substances that target and kill pathogenic, or harmful bacteria.

Antibiotics 

500

Substance that contains a dead or nontoxic part of the pathogen that is injected into a person to train the immune system.

Vaccine