Health pages 142-145

Question 1

A ____________ is an illness.

Answer 1

disease

Question 2

An ________________ ____________ is an illness that can spread from person to person.

Answer 2

infectious disease

Question 3

A _____________________ ___________ is an illness not caused by pathogens, so it cannot be spread from person to person.

Answer 3

noninfectious disease

Question 4

_________________ diseases are diseases that last a long time.

Answer 4

Chronic

Question 5

An ___________ disease only lasts a short time.

Answer 5

acute

Question 6

List some common infectious diseases:

Answer 6

Colds, flu, chicken pox, pinkeye, and strep throat

Question 7

List some noninfectious diseases:

Answer 7

Allergies, cancer, asthma and diabetes

Question 8

List 2 examples of Chronic diseases:

Answer 8

Cancer and heart disease

Question 9

This kind of disease only lasts for a few days or a few weeks.

Answer 9

Acute

Question 10

What is the average normal body temperature?

Answer 10

98.6 degrees

Question 11

Name a few examples of acute illnesses?

Answer 11

the flu and a cold

Question 12

a mental or physical problem that keeps the body from working as it should.

Answer 12

a disability

Question 13

what is the difference between an infectious disease and a noninfectious disease?

Answer 13

an infection disease can be spread from one person to another, a noninfectious disease cannot.

Question 14

What is the difference between a chronic disease and an acute disease?

Answer 14

Chronic lasts for a long time, Acute diseases only last for a short time.