Health 8 Understanding Diseases

Question 1

Are medicines that control the growth of or destroy certain kinds of bacteria and rickettsiae.

Answer 1

Antibiotics

Question 2

Are substances in the body that identify and destroy particular disease pathogens.

Answer 2

Antibodies

Question 3

Are deposits of fat and minerals in arteries.

Answer 3

Atheromas

Question 4

Is one-cell microbes that make their own food; reproduce by splitting in two.

Answer 4

Bacteria

Question 5

Are substances that can cause cancer.

Answer 5

Carcinogens

Question 6

Is the identification of a disease or condition through examination and tests.

Answer 6

Diagnosis

Question 7

Are microbes that must get their food from living and dead plants and animals.

Answer 7

Fungi

Question 8

Is a condition in which the body is less affected by certain pathogens.

Answer 8

Immunity

Question 9

Are diseases that are not passed from one person to another and are not often caused by pathogens.

Answer 9

Noncommunicable diseases

Question 10

Are harmful microbes that can cause disease.

Answer 10

Pathogens

Question 11

Are one-cell microbes that live in or near water.

Answer 11

Protozoa

Question 12

It’s the body’s ability to fight disease.

Answer 12

Resistance

Question 13

Are microbes with some characteristics of both bacteria and viruses; carried by mites, ticks, fleas, and lice.

Answer 13

Rickettsiae

Question 14

It’s a substance that gives protection from a certain disease; causes the body to make antibodies.

Answer 14

Vaccine

Question 15

Are very small pathogens with no cell walls; can reproduce only in cells.

Answer 15

Viruses

Question 16

Are diseases that can be spread from one person to another; caused by microbes from outside the body.

Answer 16

Communicable diseases