Miscellaneous I
True of false? All bacteria cause disease.
False - some are beneficial.
What is the singular form of bacteria?
Bacterium
What are 4 types of pathogens?
Bacteria, virus, funghi, protist
To become ill (sick).
disease
Two ways that you can prevent infections from a pathogen.
Wash your hands often, sneeze/cough into your arm not your hand, boil water, wear a mask.
What are 3 things that bacteria need to grow?
Nutrients, warmth, moisture
What is inside vaccines?
Dead or weak germs.
An organism that causes disease.
Pathogen
Name two bacterial diseases.
Salmonella, Thyphoid, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Cholera
What can help fight a bacterial infection?
Antibiotics
The thing you change in an experiment to see what happens.
Independent variable
Evidence of being sick.
Symptoms
The thing you observe and measure in an experiment.
Dependent variable
How do bacteria reproduce?
Binary fission
Why is a virus not considered an organism?
Because it can not reproduce by itself, it is not a cell.
A prediction or explanation of what you think is going to happen in an experiment.
Hypothesis
How is a virus different than bacteria?
It is not a living thing, it is much smaller, it needs a host to reproduce ...
What are the 3 most common shapes of bacteria?
Sphere, spiral, rod.
When you become sick and you have to go to the toilet a lot and your stools are watery.
Diarrhea
In an experiment, all the conditions that are kept the same.
Controlled variables