Lab: Disease Spread

Question 1

✔ immuneinfected

Revolt · Accepted Answer

immune; In each simulation trial, you changed the number of people and measured the number of people in the population.: immune; In each simulation trial, you changed the number of people and measured the number of people in the population.: infected

Question 2

immune✔ infected

Revolt · Accepted Answer

infected

Question 3

Real diseases tend to spread at a ✔ slowersimilarfaster rate than in this lab’s simulations.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

slower

Question 4

In the simulation you did, the disease was transmitted every time an infected person met an uninfected person who was not immune. In the real world, these people may not have become sick. Why not? State as many reasons as you can.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

In the real world, disease transmission is not guaranteed just because two people meet. First, people may not make physical contact or share biological fluids necessary for the germ to travel. Second, germs are living organisms that can die in the environment before reaching a new host. Finally, a healthy person's immune system may be able to fight off and destroy the germs before the infection causes illness or the ability to pass it to others.

Question 5

Check all reasons that you mentioned.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Germs are living things and may not survive the transaction.; Just because people meet does not mean that they will make contact.; An uninfected person may be able to fight off the infection before getting sick and passing it on to others.

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