Immune Basics
This molecule triggers an immune response when recognized by the body
What is an antigen?
This white blood cell engulfs pathogens through phagocytosis
What is a macrophage?
This process converts light energy into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
These reactions use light to produce ATP and NADPH
What are light-dependent reactions?
This is the number of individuals per unit area
What is population density
This type of immunity is fast and nonspecific
What is innate immunity?
These cells produce antibodies
What are B cells?
This green pigment absorbs light energy
What is chlorophyll?
This cycle uses CO₂ to make glucose
What is the Calvin cycle?
This is the difference between birth rate and death rate
What is growth rate (r)?
This type of immunity remembers pathogens for faster future responses
What is adaptive immunity?
These cells remain after infection to provide long-term immunity
What are memory B cells?
These are packets of light energy
What are photons?
this structure contains the chlorophyll and is the site of light reactions
what is the thylakoid
This is the maximum population size an environment can support
What is carrying capacity (K)?
These proteins bind to pathogens and flag them for destruction
What are antibodies?
These are the first responders to bacterial infections
What are neutrophils?
This sugar is produced during photosynthesis
What is glucose?
This process uses a proton gradient to produce ATP
What is chemiosmosis?
This type of growth produces a J-shaped curve
What is exponential growth?
This type of immunity involves B cells and antibodies circulating in body fluids
What is humoral immunity?
This white blood cell releases histamine and plays a role in allergies
What is a basophil?
This gas is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis
What is oxygen
This electron carrier is produced in light reactions and used in the Calvin cycle
What is NADPH?
this type of growth slows as population approaches carrying capacity
What is logistic growth?