Science Test Chapter 5

Question 1

avoiding behavior that will hard your health

Answer 1

abstinence

Question 2

an organism that causes disease

Answer 2

pathogen

Question 3

signs for feelings of a disease

Answer 3

symptom

Question 4

blood cells that kill pathogens

Answer 4

white blood cells

Question 5

the smallest pathogens

Answer 5

virus

Question 6

disease that lasts a long time

Answer 6

chronic

Question 7

the body system that fights disease

Answer 7

immune system

Question 8

an illness that can be spread from person to person

Answer 8

infectious disease

Question 9

noninfectious disease in which the body cannot properly process sugar

Answer 9

diabetes

Question 10

chemicals made by the body to help fight disease

Answer 10

antibodies

Question 11

the growth of pathogens somewhere in the body

Answer 11

infection

Question 12

a noninfectious disease that sometimes causes difficulty breathing

Answer 12

asthma

Question 13

the body’s ability to defend itself against certain kinds of pathogens

Answer 13

immunity

Question 14

an illness not caused by pathogens that cannot be spread from person to person

Answer 14

noninfectious disease

Question 15

water that had dangerous pathogens in it

Answer 15

contaminated water

Question 16

one-cell living things that can cause disease

Answer 16

pathogen

Question 17

an illness

Answer 17

disease

Question 18

What kind of disease is allergies

Answer 18

noninfectious disease

Question 19

What kind of disease is chicken pox

Answer 19

infectious disease

Question 20

What kind of disease is arthritis

Answer 20

noninfectious disease

Question 21

What kind of disease is a cold

Answer 21

infectious disease

Question 22

What kind of disease is asthma

Answer 22

noninfectious disease

Question 23

What kind of disease is diabetes

Answer 23

noninfectious disease

Question 24

What kind of disease is cancer

Answer 24

noninfectious disease

Question 25

What kind of disease is the flu

Answer 25

infectious disease

Question 26

An infectious disease is an illness that can be spread from person to person, true of false

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Chronic diseases are diseases that last for a short time, true of false

Answer 27

false

Question 28

Cancer is an example of a noninfectious disease, true of false

Answer 28

true

Question 29

A cold is an example of an acute disease, true or false

Answer 29

true

Question 30

There is nothing we can do to help prevent infectious diseases, true of false

Answer 30

false

Question 31

Name the body’s first 5 defenses against disease.

Answer 31

Cilia, digestive juices, saliva, skin mucus

Question 32

Compare and contracts infectious and noninfectious diseases

Answer 32

Infectious diseases can be spread from person to person by pathogens, Noninfectious diseases are something that is hereditary or caused by lifestyle choices or by being exposed to harmful things in the environment.

Question 33

Name two kinds of pathogens and describe how they are spread.

Answer 33

Not sure

Question 34

Jimmy has asthma. Alex is on his soccer team. Will Alex catch asthma from Jimmy? Why or why not?

Answer 34

He would not because asthma is a noninfectious disease can you cannot catch noninfectious diseases, only infectious diseases.

Question 35

If you have received the chicken pox vaccine, will you catch chicken pox when it spreads through your school? Why or why not?

Answer 35

You should not get chicken pox since you had the vaccine. The vaccine that was given to you created antibodies in your body to fight this disease.

Question 36

List 3 lifestyle choices that will help you stay well. You do not need to use complete sentences.

Answer 36

Wash your hands with warm soapy water, before and after you eat and go to the restroom, avoid drinking after other people, and avoid being around people who are sick.