Chapter 17 Packet Outline

Hollenbeck Middle School8th Grade

Chapter 17 – Lesson 1

Bell Ringer: List items that you typically share with family members or friends. How can the sharing of such items affect your health?

Vocabulary: (Page 446)Communicable Disease FungiPathogens ProtozoaInfection RickettsiasBacteria VectorVirus Contagious Period

Chapter 17 – Lesson 2

Bell Ringer: Define defense and then list three or four situations or games in which defense plays a part.

Vocabulary: (Page 450)Immune system AntigensImmunity AntibodiesLymphatic system Vaccine

Chapter 17 – Lesson 3

Bell Ringer: Suggest places in the environment where pathogens might be found and how people can guard against them.

Vocabulary: (Page 454)HepatitiesMonosucleosis

Chapter 17 – Lesson 4

Bell Ringer: List three health problems that can result from being sexually active.

Vocabulary: (Page 458)Sexually transmitted infection

Chapter 17 – Lesson 5

Bell Ringer: Write examples of how the body’s immune system helps prevent disease. After students have shared their responses, explain that AIDS impairs the effectiveness of the immune system.

Vocabulary: (Page 464)Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHuman Immunodeficiency VirusCarrierOpportunistic Infection

Chapter 17 Review

Page 472-473Complete numbers 1-18Numbers 19-21 are short answer. Use complete sentences!