Health And Disease Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
Health
A
Your physical and mental wellbeing
2
Q
Disease
A
Something that disrupts your wellbeing and disrupts your health
3
Q
Communicable diseases
A
Diseases that can be passed on through spread of microorganisms
4
Q
Pathogen
A
Anything that causes a bacterial fungal protist or virus like disease.
5
Q
Bacteria
A
Single celled organisms that cause diseases and can also be used to make food and make medicine.
6
Q
Viruses
A
Smaller than bacteria with regular shapes that cause disease in any living organism.
7
Q
How do bacteria divide
A
Binary fission
8
Q
How do viruses multiply
A
Taking over cells and reproducing within them thus damaging them
