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Immune Response
Viruses and Vaccines
Bacteria and Antibiotics
Pathogens
Surprise
100
This term is used to describe a marker on the outside of a cell that can cause an immune response.
Antigen
100
Viruses are non-living, partly because they are not made of cells. What is the term for that?
Acellular
100
What word can be used to describe the cells of bacteria?
Prokaryotic
100
Pathogens can make us sick. In class, we researched pathogens that were viruses, bacteria, protists, or...
Fungus
100
This fungal microorganism is responsible for making bread and cake rise.
Yeast
200
This type of white blood cell kills off infected body cells.
T-Cells
200
What are the two main components of any virus?
Capsid (protein coat) and nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
200
What is the term for all the good bacteria that lives in (and on) you?
Microbiome
200
Identify the bacterium: influenza, streptococcus, cow pox
Streptococcus
200
Which organisms are responsible for the production of yogurt and cheese?
Bacteria
300
When B-Cells figure out how to kill of a virus, they split and form two cells, called... (both names are needed)
Plasma Cells and Memory Cells
300
Provide a correct definition of vaccine.
A dead or weakened virus that CAUSES AN IMMUNE RESPONSE
300
When antibiotics are used, what part of bacteria are attacked?
Cell Wall (or ribosomes or enzymes)
300
Which of these disorders is caused by a virus: Food Poisoning, Bubonic Plague, AIDS
AIDS
300
Yeasts and bacteria are used in the production of beer and wine, by producing alcohol in a process called:
Fermentation
400
White blood cells protect you from viruses by forming protein "weapons" called __________ that attaches to antigens and signals them for destruction.
Antibodies
400
What part of an immune response provides lasting immunity from the specific virus?
Memory Cells
400
After taking antibiotics, what can be done to replenish your good bacteria?
Eat yogurt or take probiotics.
400
HIV is a virus that contains RNA instead of DNA. As a result, it is called a __________.
Retrovirus
400
What term is used to describe an antibiotic that kills bacteria?
Bacteriocidal
500
Nonspecific immunity includes cells that "eat" invaders. These cells are called...
Macrophages (or neutrophils)
500
If an immune response protects you from future invasions of the virus, then why is it possible to get the flu multiple times?
There are more than one version of the flu.
500
What is a danger to treating infections with the same antibiotics?
The bacteria can become resistant to the antibiotic.
500
This type of virus specifically attacks prokaryotes, and appears in a spider-like capsid.
Bacteriophage
500
What term is used to describe a branch of science that focuses on unicellular organisms?
Microbiology