Communicable Diseases
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- Q1
What is Health ?
The status of being physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially well
The absence of diseases and illnesses
30s - Q2
What is a communicable disease?
A disease that is not spread from either person to person or species to species
A disease that is spread from person to person or species to species
Any disease that cannot be cured
A cancer
30s - Q3
Is it possible for diseases to be passed from one species to another?
Not possible
Yes, they can
30s - Q4
How do bacteria make you ill?
Dividing rapidly and releasing toxins
Living inside your cells
30s - Q5
How do viruses spread?
Living inside your cells and forcing body cells to produce copies of themselves.
Interrupting main organs responsible for regular functions inside the body
30s - Q6
Why do we experience symptoms when we get infected by diseases?
Because our bodies are fighting off the pathogen
Because of the actions taken by the micro-organisms
30s - Q7
What is a painkiller?
A drug or medicine that cures you
A drug or medicine that kills pathogens
A drug or medicine used for relieving pain.
30s - Q8
What is a vaccination?
Introducing weakened/dead versions of a pathogen into the body
Making a certain person immune to a certain disease in order to prevent it
30s - Q9
Where are drugs for the future possible to come from?
Plants and Herbs
Microorganisms in the soil
30s - Q10
How do microorganisms causing diseases spread?
Through direct contact
Through air
Through Blood
All of them
30s - Q11
How can we minimize the spread of pathogens?
All of them
Isolating infected individuals
Vaccination
Proper hygiene
30s - Q12
What is referred to as immunity?
The ability to resist a particular infection
Being vaccinated and free of diseases
30s