Viruses
What is a virus which hides in a host cell before it becomes active?
A hidden virus
What is the disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood?
Malaria
What is the use of living organisms to produce useful products?
Biotechnology
What is a disease causing agent?
A pathogen
What is a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells?
Binary Fission
What is a virus that starts spreading immediately after entering the organism?
An active virus
The flu
What is the insertion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder?
Gene therapy
What are tiny single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
Bacteria
What are drugs that kill bacteria without harming a host's cells?
Antibiotics
What type of virus is Influenza, Chicken Pox and a Common Cold?
Active Viruses
What is an example of a disease transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick?
Lyme disease
What is a hormone made in the pancreas that regulates blood sugar levels by allowing the uptake of glucose into cells?
Insulin
What is a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell?
A virus
What is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time?
Epidemic
What type of virus is Herpes, Hepatitis, HIV?
Hidden viruses
What type of disease are E. coli, salmonella, botulism, and cholera?
Contaminated food and water diseases.
What is the term that defines inherited disease or disorder that is caused by a mutation in a gene or by a chromosomal defect?
A Genetic disorder
What is an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host?
A parasite
What is it called when a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population?
A pandemic
What is the protective outer part of a virus?
The Protein Coat
What is the fungal infection found mainly on people who are very often on their feet, that can be prevented by having clean and dry skin and practicing good hygiene?
Athletes foot
What is a injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity called?
A vaccination
what are group of heterotrophic organisms that include yeast, mold, and mildew?
Fungi
Antibiotics are drugs that kill bacteria without harming a host's cells; What was the first Antibiotic ever discovered?
Penicillin