PROKARYOTES
IMMUNE SYSTEM & PREVENTION
PROTOZOA
FUNGI
VIRUSES & KEY TERMS
Diagrams
100
These simple organisms have no nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
100
The body’s first line of non-specific defense includes this organ that acts as a barrier.
What is skin?
100
Protozoa are this type of cell (prokaryote or eukaryote?).
What is eukaryotic?
100
Fungi are this type of cell (prokaryote or eukaryote?).
What is eukaryotic?
100
The protein coat surrounding a virus.
What is a capsid?
200
The primary form of reproduction in bacteria.
What is binary fission?
200
These white blood cells produce antibodies as part of the specific immune response.
What are B-cells?
200
These durable structures allow protozoa to survive harsh conditions and enable infection.
What are cysts?
200
Name one common fungal infection.
What is athlete’s foot, ringworm, thrush, yeast infection, etc.?
200
Viruses are considered non-living because they cannot do this on their own.
What is reproduce?
300
This process allows bacteria to exchange DNA and increase genetic diversity.
What is conjugation?
300
Vaccines work by stimulating the production of these protective proteins.
What are antibodies?
300
A mosquito or tsetse fly that carries a parasite is known as this.
What is a vector?
300
This type of pathogen only causes disease when the immune system is weak.
What is an opportunistic pathogen?
300
The cycle in which a virus immediately makes copies and bursts the host cell.
What is the lytic cycle?
400
Name one helpful role of bacteria in the human body.
What is digestion / gut microbiome / probiotics?
400
Overusing antibiotics contributes to this global health issue.
What is antibiotic resistance?
400
The protozoan that causes malaria.
What is Plasmodium?
400
Fungi play this essential ecological role by breaking down dead matter.
What is a decomposer?
400
This naming system gives organisms two Latin names.
What is binomial nomenclature?
400
Label these 3 virus structures (capsid, genetic material, envelope)
500
These bacteria improve soil health by converting atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form.
What is nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
500
Name two ways to prevent bacterial infections.
What is handwashing, cooking food properly, avoiding sick individuals, vaccination, or good hygiene?
500
Explain one way protozoa cause harm inside the human body.
What is destroying red blood cells, damaging tissues, stealing nutrients, or causing chronic illness?
500
Severe fungal infections often require this form of treatment used in hospitals.
What are IV antifungals?
500
Name the three shapes of bacteria.
What are cocci, bacilli, spirilla?
500
Draw a simple prokaryotic cell:
Cell wall
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
DNA
Flagellum
