What type of diseases can be passed from organism to another? (e.g the common cold)
communicable
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Non-communicable diseases can be spread by i______e or lifestyle (e.g smoking)
inheritance
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t____ mechanisms are ways that diseases can be spread
transmissions
3 of 7
The common cold is transmitted from pathogens passing through the air and being breathed in. This type of transmission is known as air b___
borne
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Water borne is when pathogens travel by dirty ___ and are injected
water
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v____ borne is when an animal (e.g mosquito) carries the pathagaon between organisms
vector
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Good ways of preventing communicable diseases include: hygiene (washing hands), isolation (separating infected from healthy), controlling vectors (number of mosquitos) and _____ (inserting dead pathogen into body)
vaccination
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Non-communicable diseases can be spread by i______e or lifestyle (e.g smoking)
Back
inheritance
Card 3
Front
t____ mechanisms are ways that diseases can be spread
Back
Card 4
Front
The common cold is transmitted from pathogens passing through the air and being breathed in. This type of transmission is known as air b___
Back
Card 5
Front
Water borne is when pathogens travel by dirty ___ and are injected
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