Bacteria
How many shapes of bacteria are there?
(Double points if you can name the shapes)
What is...3
(rod, spherical, and spiral)
How many shapes of viruses are there?
(Double points if you can name the shapes)
What is...4
(Helical, Icosahedral, Complex, Polyhedral)
What is an immune system?
What is...a team of cells, organs, and tissues, that helps keep your body from getting sick and fights bacteria and viruses that invade your body
True or false, not every bacteria is harmful
What is... true
Only some kinds of bacteria can make you sick, those kinds are called pathogens
What is...true
How can bacteria be helpful, name one way
(200 points per reason, more reasons, more points)
What is... decomposing, cheese making, digesting
Are viruses living or nonliving?
What is...nonliving
What does infectious mean?
(Double points for an example)
What is...something that is likely to spread and cause sickness
True or false, bacteria are multicellular organisms
What is...false
Bacteria are single-celled organisms (they are one cell)
What are two important times you should wash your hands?
What are... before you eat and after you go to the bathroom
When you are sick with a bacterial infection, what will doctors give you to help feel better?
What are...antibiotics
Antibiotics are medicines that make it hard for the bacteria to multiply or kills them
Name one other living thing that viruses can infect besides humans
What do pathogens mean?
What is... something that can make you sick
(A harmful type of bacteria that can make you sick)
True or false, bacteria can be found in the deep ocean, in volcanoes, and freezing temperatures
What is...true
Bacteria can live in the most hostile environments
To prevent getting germs, you need to wash your hands for AT LEAST how many seconds?
What is...20 seconds
What illness is caused by bacteria... common cold or strep throat?
What is...strep throat
How do viruses reproduce, or make more of themselves?
What is... make copies
Viruses hijack your healthy cells and use them to make copies of themselves as it cannot make copies on its own
What do the parts micro and organisms mean in the word microorganisms?
What are... very small and life
True or false, viruses are single-cellular organisms
What is...false
Viruses are noncellular organisms
Droplets from a cough or sneeze can travel up to how many feet and infect someone?
What is... up to 6 feet
What is the part of the bacteria that acts like the brain?
What is...the nucleus
What part of the virus contains the genetic material used to make copies?
What is...DNA/RNA
The word virus comes from the Latin word "virulentus", what does "virulentus" mean?
What is...poisonous
True or false, a viral infection can be treated with antibiotics
What is...false
Only a bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotics
When preparing food, what is one way that you can prevent getting sick?
What is... washing foods, cooking meats until they are no longer raw, washing surfaces after preparing food