Match Each Term with the Correct Definition

question 25

Multiple Choice

Match each term with the correct definition.
-Indirect transmission

• A) A disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
• B) An ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts.
• C) When a disease spreads across a large geographic region, such as a continent or worldwide.
• D) Any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent is spread through the environment or to another person.
• E) The state of being unable to get a particular disease; the condition that permits either natural or acquired resistance to disease.
• F) When new cases of a disease over a period of time substantially exceed what is expected, based on the recent past. Usually occurs in a particular place.
• G) A family of rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals.
• H) Microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that are everywhere. They can cause infections or be helpful, such as in the making wine or in decomposition.
• I) Spread of disease produced by sneezing, coughing, or talking.
• J) Simple, aerobic organisms that can grow in low moisture and low pH environments; have their genetic material bound in a membrane
• K) An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients from the other organism.
• L) Strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
• M) A person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions.
• N) Spread of disease by touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth.
• O) When the vaccination of a significant portion of a population provides a measure of protection for otherwise unprotected individuals
• P) When an agent carried from a reservoir to a susceptible host by suspended air particles or by animate or inanimate intermediaries

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Definitions:

New England Textile Industry

The region's pivotal industrial sector in the 19th century, known for its significant role in the American Industrial Revolution through the production of textiles.

Waltham System

A labor and production model employed during the early Industrial Revolution in the United States, particularly in Waltham, Massachusetts; it relied on the use of mill girls who lived in company-owned boardinghouses.

Worker's React

"Worker's React" typically refers to the responses or actions taken by workers in reaction to workplace conditions, policies, or economic changes.

Utopian Communities

Idealistic or visionary communities designed to achieve perfect societal harmony and happiness; often based on radical reforms or new social models.