What two components do all viruses consist of_____?
What is a capsid and a nucleic acid.
100
What are the three shapes of bacteria?
What is bacillus, cocci, and spirillum
100
What is a pathogen?
What is any disease causing agent.
200
What is a dependent variable?
Factor that is measured in the results.
200
Biology is the study of_____?
What is living things.
200
What is the active life cycle of a virus_____?
What is the lytic cycle.
200
What is another name for a bacterium?
What is prokaryote.
300
What is a control group.
That which does not have the independent variable.
300
Homeostasis means______?
What is the ability to maintain internal stability.
Ex: Water level, body temp.
300
What is the dormant life cycle?
What is the lysogenic cycle.
300
A Bacterium that causes food poisioning
What is Botulism or Salmonella
300
What causes mad cow disease?
What is a prion.
400
How many trials must be done in order to be considered reliable?
Three Trials.
400
The primary source of energy for all living things come from______?
What is the sun.
400
Viruses that use reverse transcriptase are called ______?
What is a retro virus?
400
Name three ways to prevent or control the spread of bacterial disease.
What is vaccination, antibiotics, disinfectants, sterilization, clean water supply, properly prepared and cooked foods
400
Bacteria cause disease by ________.
What is releasing toxins and damaging tissue.
500
How many factors can be tested in an experiment?
What is one.
500
Why is a rock nonliving?
What is not made up of cells, can not reproduce, can not maintain homeostasis, can not grow and develop.
500
Why do antibiotics not work on viral infections?
The virus is within the host cell.
500
What is the difference between disinfectant and antibiotic?
Antibiotic kills bacteria in living things.
Disinfectant kills bacteria on nonliving surfaces.
500
What is the difference asexual and sexual reproduction?
Sexual reproductions is the combination of genetic material from two different organism resulting in variation. Asexual reproduction there is no variation one parent cell.