Across
- 1. Protection from getting a disease
- 6. Soaps and cleaners that prevent the spread of germs
- 7. Diseases that can be passed (caught) from person to person
- 10. any agent that causes a disease
- 11. Prokaryotic organisms that cause infections
- 12. Injections that can help prevent viral infections
- 14. Illnesses cause by many factors
- 15. Viruses inject their _____ for cells to reproduce and infect others
Down
- 2. Diseases that can't be caught (passed from person to person)
- 3. Poisonous substances created by plants (poison ivy), animals (rattlesnakes), or improperly prepared or stored food
- 4. Nonliving things that attack cells and make them reproduce their illness
- 5. Medicines that can be used as treatment for bacterial diseases
- 8. _________________ disorders are passed down from our parent's genes
- 9. Diseases that are easily passed from person to person
- 13. Proteins in our bodies that recognize pathogens and protect us from them