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- 1. Multiple Choice
Organisms that cause disease are called __________________.
hosts
pathogens
Phagocytes
Flagellum
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False: Pathogens make you sick by damaging individual cells.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
All include pathogens EXCEPT for__________________.
Bacteria
Toxins
Viruses
Fungi
Protists
- 4. Multiple Choice
Infectious diseases can also be spread through indirect contact:
host
through the air
skin to skin contact
protist
- 5. Multiple Choice
True or False: The flu is spread only by direct contact, such as kissing a person with the flu.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
Infectious diseases can spread by contact with
an infected person
a contaminated object
an Infected animal
an environmental source
All of the above.
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False: Some vIruses and bacteria that live in food, water, and soil can cause disease.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of direct contact with an infected person?
sneezing
shaking hands
putting on someone else's contaminated clothing.
None of the above
- 9. Open Ended
Jason is not feeling well, but went to school anyway. Andrea sits across in another desk from Jason. He coughs and sneezes out in the open and now Andrea is not feeling well.
Question- How was the illness spread to Andrea? Discuss your thoughts by using either indirect or direct terms in your discussion.
Question- How could Jason have stopped the spread of the cold virus?
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the smallest pathogen?
protist
bacteria
virus
fungi
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