DiseaseCausesHealthVocab

Row 1, Col 1 An infectious disease that attacks disease-fighting cells, white blood cells, in the blood. What is AIDS?

1,2 The smallest kind of microbe That causes disease. Cold, Flu, AIDS What are Viruses?

1,3 These diseases are caused by lifestyle, environment, and heredity… how you live your life. What are noninfectious diseases?

1,4 The signs and feelings of a disease. What are symptoms?

2,1 Two noninfectious diseases cause the most deaths in the U.S. What are Cancer and Heart Disease?

2,2 Small and simple pathogens, like yeast and mold that cause disease. What are Fungi?

2,3 Where can pathogens be found? What is air, objects, food?

2,4 The growth of pathogens in the body. What is an infection?

3,1 A long lasting disease, for many years or a life-time, usually a non-infectious disease. What is Chronic?

3,2 The virus that causes AIDS What is HIV?

3,3 Washing your hands often, eating healthy foods, and exercise will higher your _______ to disease. What is resistance?

3,4 These cells kill pathogens. What are White Blood Cells?

4,1 A noninfectious disease that may cause a person’s body to not make enough insulin What is Diabetes?

4,2 They cause infectious diseases. What are pathogens?

4,3 Your body’s ability to remember how to make antibodies to a disease. What is immunity?

4,4 Any condition that damages or weakens part of the body. What is a disease?

5,1 Name two diseases for which there is a vaccine. What is Chicken Pox, Flu, Measles?

5,2 One-cell organisms that are larger than bacteria, cause Amebic Dysentery. What are Protozoa?

5,3 An extra dose of a vaccine to help maintain immunity. What is a booster?

5,4 Spread from one person to another person in many ways. What is transmitted?