SB5a Health and Disease

Question 1

cause

Answer 1

A factor that, when it changes, makes something else change.

Question 2

communicable disease

Answer 2

A disease caused by a pathogen that can be passed from an infected individual to others. Also called an infectious disease.

Question 3

correlation

Answer 3

When two factors change in a similar pattern, we say they are correlated.

Question 4

disease

Answer 4

Something that causes the body not to work properly.

Question 5

health

Answer 5

A state of complete physical, social and mental well-being.

Question 6

immune system

Answer 6

The system that helps protect the body from harm by diseases, especially communicable diseases.

Question 7

lifestyle

Answer 7

The way we live, such as our diet, whether we smoke tobacco, and how much exercise we take. Lifestyle can affect whether we develop some diseases.

Question 8

non-communicable disease

Answer 8

A disease that cannot be passed from individuals to those around them. Examples include inherited diseases and some diseases caused by lifestyle.

Question 9

pathogen

Answer 9

A microorganism that causes a communicable disease.