QUESTIONS FOR ACTIVITY:

(Snake and ladder with a twist)

1. The process of using mathematical and computation models to study the spread of infectious
diseases. Infectious disease modeling
2. What is the equation shown below? Logistic Equation

3. Is a mathematical model used to understand the spread of infectious diseases in a population.

SIR Epidemic Disease model
4. When a disease enters a population, all individuals are considered _______. Susceptible
5. Represents the individuals who have either survived the disease or have developed immunity to
it through vaccination or other means. Recovered
6. The expected number of cases directly generated by one case in a population where individuals
are susceptible to infection. Basic reproduction number
7. Who introduced the simple exponential growth model? Thomas Malthus
8. Who introduced the Logistic Equation? Belgian mathematician Verhulst
9. Refers to the population of individuals who currently have the disease and are capable of
transmitting it to susceptible individuals. Infected
10. Symbol used to represent the average number of contacts per person per time period multiplied
by the probability of transmission during each contact. Beta
11. What Mathematical Model is under the Infectious Disease Modelling? SIR model
12. What does r represent in the equation below? Growth rate

13. Which growth is linear? Population or Resources? Resources

14. This model is named after Thomas Malthus, who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population,
one of the earliest and most influential books on population. The Malthusian growth model
15. What does N(t) represents? Number of individuals in a population at time t

16. The process of developing a mathematical model. Mathematical modelling

17. What Mathematical Models are under the Population Dynamics? The Malthusian growth model
and Logistic Equation
18. The study of medicine and the life sciences that uses mathematical models to help predict and
interpret what we observe. Mathematical Biology
19. Which growth is exponential? Population or Resources? Population
20. Sometimes called simple exponential model. The Malthusian growth model
21. Introduced by Belgian mathematician Verhulst in 1838. Logistic Equation
22. A description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. Mathematical model
23. What does No represents? Initial population size

24. What does SIR stands for? Susceptible, Infected, Recovered