Virus
Bacteria
Disease
Immunity
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100
A particle of nucleic acid, protein, and sometimes lipids.
What is a virus?
100
The term for a unicellular organism with no nucleus.
What is Prokaryote?
100
This condition is a disruption of the body's normal equilibrium.
What is disease?
100
Your body's first line of defense against infection.
What is the skin?
100
The scientific discipline of classifying organisms.
What is taxonomy?
200
Viruses that contain RNA.
What is a retrovirus?
200
This is the largest prokaryotic kingdom. (most diversity)
What is the Eubacteria?
200
The term for disease-causing agents.
What is Pathogen?
200
The types of immune cells responsible for humoral immunity.
What are B cells?
200
When you give a capitalized genus name and a lower-case species name.
What is binomial nomenclature?
300
The name of a virus' protein coat.
What is capsid?
300
The term for spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria.
What is spirilla (or spirochetes)?
300
The germ theory of disease places blame for diseases on these...
What are micro-organisms?
300
Two types of T-cells important in cell-mediated immunity.
What are KILLER and HELPER?
300
These characteristics appearing in recent members of a lineage.
What are derived characters?
400
A virus that attacks and infects bacteria.
What is a bacteriophage?
400
The two groups of autotrophs found in prokaryotes.
What are PHOTO- and CHEMO-?
400
These drugs will do you no good in fighting off a viral infection.
What are antibiotics?
400
This will provide you active immunity against dangerous diseases.
What is a vaccination?
400
Comparisons of DNA mutations suggesting evolutionary time.
What is a molecular clock?
500
This viral infection results in the breaking and destruction of the host cell.
What is a lytic infection?
500
When a bacterium replicates and divides in half.
What is binary fission?
500
The name of the virus that causes AIDS.
What is HIV?
500
The chemical that is released from mast cells.
What is histamine?
500
The domain of all organisms with nucleated cells.
What is Eukarya?
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