Lessons
Fighting Disease
The Body's Defenses
Preventing Infectious Disease
Disease Outbreaks
Chapter 18 - Fighting Disease
Lesson 1, Infectious Disease
What is Louis Pasteur’s contribution to science?
Which pathogen causes ear infections, food poisoning and strep throat?
Which pathogen causes colds and flu?
Which pathogen causes athlete’s foot and ringworm?
Which pathogen causes malaria?
How do pathogens spread?
How can bacterial infections harm you?
Which pathogen causes damage to the nervous system?
Which pathogens cause Rocky Mountain fever and Lyme disease?
Which disease can occur if foods are not properly canned?
Which diseases spread through food or water?
Lesson 2, The Body's Defenses
What is your body’s first lines of defense against pathogens?
When does the inflammatory response occur?
What happens during the inflammatory response?
What is inflammation?
What is the purpose of white blood cells?
How do fevers help your body fight disease?
How does your immune system work?
What is the job of antigens?
How are antibodies helpful?
How is AIDS spread?
Lesson 3, Preventing Infectious Disease
What is immunity?
What is active immunity?
What is a vaccination?
What is a vaccine?
What is an antibiotic?
How can your body become immune to antibiotics?
Which type of disease can be treated with antibiotics?
Which type of disease can be prevented with a vaccination?
Which type of pathogen cannot be cured?
What was Edward Jenner’s achievement in science?
What is passive immunity?
Epidemic & Pandemic
(See NC Standards below)
What is a disease outbreak?
What is an epidemic?
What is a pandemic?
What are examples of epidemics?
What are examples of pandemics?
What is the best way to avoid spread during a pandemic?
Test Review
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Distinguish between disease outbreak, epidemic, and pandemic.