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Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________ Hr: ___________Epidemics and Pandemics Webquest~Access Duckster’s Biology for Kids Epidemics and Pandemics article at and answer the following questions.What is an epidemic? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What causes an epidemic? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does disease spread? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does an epidemic end? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is a pandemic? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many countries must be affected before the World Health Organization rules an epidemic a pandemic? ___________________________~Access the TedEd video “How Pandemics Spread” at . After watching the video answer the questions below.Why are epidemics and pandemics a relatively recent phenomenon in human history? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Scientists have extracted from human remains which of the following infectious agents? Tuberculosis bacteria from ancient Egyptian mummiesThe bacterium responsible for the Black Death in 14th century EuropeThe strain of smallpox virus that devastated the Axtecs in the 16th centuryThe strain of smallpox virus that devastated the Aztecs in the 16th centuryA and BB and CHow do war zones and natural disaster sites become breeding grounds for infectious diseases? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many Europeans succumbed to the Black Death?More than 30 million2.5 millionUnknown-we are still discovering the plague burial pitsWhat happens to the influenza virus every 20-40 years, and why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is antigenic shift?The molecular mechanism that allows antigens to “hide” from the human host’s immune systemThe phenomenon of viruses and bacteria mutating so that vaccines and antibiotics are obsoleteWhen two or more known strains of a virus combine to form a new strainWhere did the 2003 SARS outbreak originate?MalaysiaEuro DisneyHong KongHanoi~Access “Deadliest Pandemics through History” at . Pick two of the pandemics that tell how they are spread and answer the questions below. Pandemic 1What is the disease? __________________________________________________________________When was the pandemic? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How are infected people affected by this disease? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pandemic 2What is the disease? __________________________________________________________________When was the pandemic? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How are infected people affected by this disease? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________~Access the CDC homepage, . From the “Disease & Conditons” drop-down menu, select “More.” Then choose an infection that interests you.My disease is _________________________________________.Briefly summarize what you learned about this disease. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Go back to the CDC homepage, scroll to the bottom of the page, find “About CDC” and “Science.” Click on “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).” Under “Current Weekly” click on “More.”What is the date/volume/number of the current issue? ________________________________________List the articles in this week’s addition. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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