Bacterium, Virus, or Plant/Animal Cell
I have a protective protein core called a capsid that I store my genetic material inside until I'm ready to make more copies of myself.
What is a Virus?
This is known as the study of life or living organisms.
What is Biology
This family of RNA viruses has caused two epidemics and is currently responsible for an on-going global pandemic, but they also cause about 30% of our common colds.
What are the Coronaviruses?
This bacteria is a common cause of Strep Throat.
What is Streptococcus pyogenes
This molecule or universal instructions for life is called
What is DNA?
I keep my DNA safe inside protective bubble called a nucleus so I can keep it separate from the other stuff in my cell.
What is Plant/Animal cell?
The study of microbes (microorganisms).
What is Microbiology
This RNA virus is commonly spread by dogs, bats, and raccoons. It infects your nervous system and causes the host to foam at the mouth and become rabid.
What is Rabies Virus.
Belonging to the genus Escherichia, these rod-shaped bacteria usually live harmlessly in your gut, but sometimes disease-causing strains can give you food poisoning.
What is E. coli
This is the smallest unit of life that all living things are made of.
What is a cell?
I don't have a nucleus which makes it easy to access my DNA and anyone else's DNA you throw in my cell.
What is a Bacterium?
This is known as the study of bacteria.
What is Bacteriology
What do you call viruses that only infect bacteria?
What is a bacteriophage
This bacteria is spread by fleas which like to hitch rides on rats and was the cause of the great Bubonic Plaque also known at the Black Death.
What is Yersina pestis
The structure or shape of DNA is called
What is a Double Helix?
I'm not technically alive, but I'm also not really not-alive. Some have referred to us as machines, infectious programs, or even alien robots.
What is a Virus?
This is known as the study of viruses.
What is Virology?
These RNA viruses originally come from birds and are able to recombine their DNA easily, allowing them to mutate really fast. Because they change so quickly we have to make a new vaccine against them every year in the hopes that they don't cause another global pandemic like they did in 1918.
What are Influenza viruses
This bacteria can breakdown plastics and may someday help to reduce the global plastic waste pandemic!
What is Ideonella sakaiensis
The Central Rule or Dogma of Life states what?
What is DNA makes RNA and RNA makes Protein?
I use little green factories called chloroplasts to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into food for me and oxygen for you!
What are Bacteria and Plant cells?
This is the study of DNA, genes, and how they are passed on from one organism to the next.
What is Genetics?
This disease, caused by the DNA virus - Variola virus, used to infect 10-15 million people a year until it was defeated and completely eliminated from the world in 1980 through vaccinations. The disease was often fatal and caused huge painful blisters to form all over the body.
What is Smallpox
These 2 genres of lactose (milk sugar) eating bacteria are commonly found in probiotics and used to turn milk into cheese and yogurt.
What are Lactobacillus and Streptococcus?
What are the four different letters of the DNA alphabet?
Bonus: How many total (not different) letters are there in the human genome?
What are A, T, C, and G?
Bonus: What is 3.2 billion