Definitions
Different types of Diseases and How They Spread
Biotechnology and Cell Parts
Vocab
Name That Disease
100
A microorganism that causes or can cause a disease
Pathogen
100
What is one example of a hidden virus?
Herpes, HIV, or Hepatitis
100
What is the use of living organisms to produce useful products?
Biotechnology
100
What is a drug that kills bacteria without harming the hosts cells?
Antibiotic
100
Which disease does this pathogen show?
COVID-19
200
An organism that lives in or on host and causes harm to the host
Parasite
200
More cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area over a particular amount of time
Outbreak
200
Are drugs typically a long term or short term solution for a genetic mutation?
Short term
200
An injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity
Vaccination
200
What disease was spread by this vector?
Bubonic Plague
300
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
Virus
300
What are yeast, mold, and mildew?
Fungi
300
What is any inherited disease or disorder that is caused by a mutation in a gene or a chromosomal defect?
Genetic disorder
300
What was the first antibiotic ever discovered?
Penicillin
300
Which disease has this symptom? 
Chicken Pox
400
An organism that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another
Vector
400
Does this show an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic?
Pandemic
400
What is the protective outer layer of a virus?
Protein Coat
400
A hormone made in the pancreas that regulates blood sugar levels by allowing the uptake of glucose into cells.
Insulin
400
What disease does this vector cause?
Malaria
500
A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells
Binary fission
500
Occurs when an infectious disease affects a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time.
Epidemic
500
Which part of a virus contains the genetic material (DNA)?
Inner core of virus
500
A type of biotechnology that 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
500
What disease does this vector cause?
Lyme Disease