Life
All living things have cells and so do all pathogens.
False! Virus do not have cells!
The pathogen that spreads best via coughing & sneezing is?
Virus via droplet transfer.
Why do we wash our hands?
Prevent viruses and other pathogens from making us sick.
Viruses like the flu can't be treated by
Antibiotics
What body systems fights diseases?
Immune system
Does each pathogen cause specific types of diseases?
Yes, different pathogens cause different diseases.
What pathogen loves to spread via warm wet environments?
Fungus love that warm and wet environment like your shoes.
What do vaccines contain to strengthen the immune system?
inactive pathogen
Antibiotic Resistance Bactria are
What are bacteria that can't be killed by antibiotics?
What helps the body recognize a pathogen and become immune to infection by that pathogen?
Vaccines
How can pathogens enter your body?
Breathing them in, eating them, & cuts in skin
__________ is a bacteria passed in drinking water.
Cholera
Once we've had a viral illness, we tend not to get sick from that illness again. Why?
After being infected once, our immune system recognizes the virus and stops it before it can make us sick.
Fungal infections like ringworm are treated by
medical creams and powders
When you get vaccinated, you get a dose of the same virus that causes the unwanted illness. Why doesn't it cause you to get sick with the illness?
Vaccines contains only dead or weakened parts of the virus.
If you get a virus what can make you better?
It's your immune system
A pathogen was passed to all of the workers after a holiday party meal. What was the likely pathogen?
Salmonella Bacteria
Mosquitos nets prevent what illness?
Malaria
Living pathogens like Bacteria and Protist share a treatment.
What is ANTIBIOTICs?
You can build memory cells by
Vaccines
Covid-19 is
a Virus
This vector spreads malaria
mosquitoes
How can you prevent the spread of a pathogen by touch?
Use gloves and dispose of them, wash hands thoroughly
If you caught a superbug version of TB from Russia can antibiotics save you?
Most likely no, superbug TB is antibiotic resistant.
Antibodies do what?
Antibodies attach themselves to pathogens in order to keep Pathogens in one spot, so immune cells can easily kill pathogens.