Vocabulary
_____ are eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that feed by absorbing their food, and use spores to reproduce.
What are fungi?
If you could untangle the _____ material, you would see that it forms a circular shape.
What is genetic?
The lymphatic system’s primary purpose is to collect excess _____ and return it to the blood.
What is fluid?
A _____ is the process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity.
What is a vaccination?
Fungi absorb food through _____ that grow into a food source.
What are hyphae?
A virus is primarily defined as a tiny, _____ particle that invades and then multiplies inside a living cell.
What is nonliving?
A _____ is an organism that causes disease.
What is a pathogen?
Just as skin lines and protects the outside of the body, _____line and protect the inside of your body.
What are mucous membranes?
If the bacteria that cause _____ get into a wound, they produce a toxin that damages the nervous system.
What is tetanus?
Bacteria are classified as _____ because the genetic material in their cells is not contained in a nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
_____ are molecules that the immune system recognizes either as part of your body or as coming from outside your body.
What are antigens?
Viruses spread or procreate by only multiplying when they are inside a _____.
What is a living cell?
A _____ is a eukaryote that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus.
What is a protist?
_____ is a special medicine (an antibiotic) that doctors use to fight infections caused by bacteria.
What is penicillin?
As an English nurse caring for British soldiers during the Crimean War, _____ insisted that army hospitals be kept clean. By doing this, she saved many soldiers’ lives.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
_____ is the soft tissue inside bones that makes red and white blood cells.
What is bone marrow?
_____ are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes.
What are bacteria?
_____ are lymphatic tissue at the back of the mouth which help defend the body against infection by trapping pathogens.
What are tonsils?
A _____ is an illness that can spread from one person to another usually through contact with bodily fluids or contaminated surfaces.
What is a communicable disease?
During WWI, _____ worked in a military hospital in France. Surprisingly, his main concern wasn’t people dying of their battle wounds, but actually from wounds they got in the trenches that would get infected.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
_____ are unicellular protist with beautiful glasslike cell walls.
What are diatoms?
A _____ is a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then multiplies inside a living cell.
What is a virus?
The _____ collects excess fluid from tissues and returns it to the blood. It works alongside the circulatory system to maintain fluid balance and prevent swelling.
What is the lymphatic system?
Because their immune systems no longer function properly, people with ____ become sick with diseases not normally found in people with healthy immune systems.
What is AIDS?
_____, a country doctor in England, successfully vaccinated a child against smallpox.
Who is Edward Jenner?