Activity 2: Infection (Modeling & Simulation)

An infectious disease that can spread from one organism to another.

Capable of becoming infected by a disease.

Able to be passed from one organism to another.

An illness caused by germs that harms an organism’s health.

A computer program that is designed to simulate what might happen or what did happen in a situation.

Something that changes or can be changed.

A process that scientists use to explore observations and answer questions.

Using a computer model to see a situation happen, without testing it in real life.

Able to be passed from one organism to another.

A value that helps to define how a computer model works in a simulation. Parameters can be changed for each simulation to show how the parameter affects the model.