Disease Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. a situation in which a particular disease is affecting large numbers of people and is spreading rapidly from person to person.
2. Swedish millionaire who awarded people with monetary awards who made large discoveries and improvements in the medical field, 1890s
3. created antiseptics which prevented infection, 1800s.
4. a protein made by a white blood cell that attacks a disease-causing organism.
5. The Air, Contaminated Objects, Person to Person, Animals and Food or Water.

5 Matching Questions

1. antibiotic
2. toxin
3. Three Disease Fighting Habits
4. Edward Jenner
5. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

1. a a poisonous substance produced by bacteria and viruses.
2. b a chemical substance that can stop or destroy bacteria and other micro-organisms.
3. c made the first vaccine to prevent smallpox, 1790s.
4. d Washing your hands regularly, excersising regularly and staying active, eating healthy foods and not eating foods that are spoiled or have been poorly handled.
5. e created an oral vaccine against the disease polio, mid 1900s.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. invented the microscope and discovered bacteria, 1600s.
   1. Anton von Leeuwenhoek
   2. antitoxin
   3. Alfred Nobel
   4. treatment
2. helped fight mosquito caused diseases, such as yellow fever, 1800s
   1. antibiotic
   2. vaccine
   3. Walter Reed
   4. Alfred Nobel
3. developed pasteurization, a system in which milk and other foods are heated in order to kill bacteria, 1800s.
   1. Joseph Lister
   2. treatment
   3. Louis Pasteur
   4. homeostasis
4. the physical and chemical activities that occur within the body to keep everything the same.
   1. antitoxin
   2. treatment
   3. homeostasis
   4. toxin
5. a substance used to neutralize a toxin.
   1. antitoxin
   2. toxin
   3. antibiotic
   4. antibody

5 True/False Questions

1. cure → something that actually gets rid of a disease-causing organism or the disease itself.

   True        False

2. The First Line of Defense → Swedish millionaire who awarded people with monetary awards who made large discoveries and improvements in the medical field, 1890s

   True        False

3. treatment → steps taken to help a person feel better by getting rid of disease symptons.

   True        False

4. immunity → something that actually gets rid of a disease-causing organism or the disease itself.

   True        False

5. vaccine → a poisonous substance produced by bacteria and viruses.

   True        False