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Diseases
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Subject
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health-sciences
Instructions:
Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A medicine that kills bacteria
parasite
symptom
antibiotic
fungus
2. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
white blood cell
inflammation
bacteria
parasite
3. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
parasite
antibiotic
infection
white blood cell
4. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
parasite
bacteria
white blood cell
symptom
5. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
infection
virus
pathogen
symptom
6. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
white blood cell
parasite
inflammation
symptom
7. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
pathogen
antibiotic
virus
infection
8. A disease-causing particle containing genetic material
antibiotic
pathogen
virus
vaccine
9. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
vaccine
virus
parasite
white blood cell
10. The invasion of the body by a pathogen. The pathogen then spreads.
antibiotic
white blood cell
bacteria
infection
11. A blood cell whose primary job is to defend the body against disease
vaccine
symptom
symptom
white blood cell
12. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
pathogen
parasite
infection
inflammation
13. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
parasite
white blood cell
symptom
virus
14. A type of medicine that prevents future infection of a disease
parasite
white blood cell
virus
vaccine
15. A tiny & single-celled organism & some of which can cause disease
bacteria
infection
white blood cell
antibiotic
16. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
white blood cell
pathogen
fungus
virus
17. An animal or plant that lives in or on another plant or animal. For example - this hookworm is a __________ living under the skin.
virus
pathogen
fungus
parasite
18. A reaction to injury or infection that causes swelling & redness & and pain
inflammation
virus
pathogen
symptom
19. A medicine that kills bacteria
antibiotic
parasite
vaccine
symptom
20. A change in a person's body or mind caused by a disease
symptom
fungus
vaccine
antibiotic
21. Anything that can enter the body and cause a disease
pathogen
virus
bacteria
infection
22. An organism that absorbs nutrients off of dead organisms & such a mushroom. Fungal infections can cause athletes' foot & jock itch & and
bacteria
antibiotic
white blood cell
fungus