Disease Notes Unit 6.1 Chastain - 2018

Learning Target I can explain how diseases can be contracted through my environment including family history.

Germs Germs are tiny organisms, or living things, that can cause disease. Germs are so small and sneaky that they creep into our bodies without being noticed.

Germs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGsoimPXZg

Bacteria Bacteria are tiny living beings (microorganisms) - they are neither plants nor animals - they belong to a group all by themselves. Bacteria are tiny single-cell microorganisms, usually a few micrometers in length that normally exist together in millions.

Bacteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcXdfofLoj0

Disease an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally.

Infection The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are not normally present within the body. 

Virus an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat. It is too small to be seen by light microscopy It is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Virus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS7vsBgWszI

Epidemic A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. Example – When people were sick with the flu at school.

Pandemic A Disease prevalent over a whole country or the world.

Vaccine A vaccine is a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, by mouth, or by aerosol.

Immune System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IYt5Z3eC4

Quizlet 6.1 https://quizlet.com/_3d3mas