Microorganisms

Viruses

100

Viruses require this in order to reproduce

Host cell

200

Preventative method for treating viral diseases

Vaccine

Antiviral Medications

Good Hygiene

300

a virus is not made up of cells, instead it is/has

a "carrying case" for genetic materials.

protein coat

membrane envelope

400

Name 2 diseases that are caused by a VIRUS

Common Cold

Covid 19

hand/foot/mouth disease

potato leafroll virus

Flu

Ebola

AIDS

Cold sores

500

List the steps of an active virus life cycle

Attach/Invade

Inject genetic material

Copy/Replicate

Release (bursts open to spread)

REPEAT

Bacteria

100

true/false: bacteria are considered prokaryotic meaning they lack a nucleus  

true

200

How are bacterial infections treated

Antibiotics

vaccines

avoiding common bacterial growth situations

good hygiene. 

300

What makes bacteria especially harmful 

Replicates very quickly and destroys healthy tissue

Scientists can only grow about 2% of known bacteria in a lab, making it difficult to study and develop antibiotics/cures

400

Name a benefit of bacteria

1. Some live in your intestines that help digest food 2. some produce vitamin K 3. some produce antibiotics that are used in medicines 4. used to produce foods like dairy 5. they decompose and recycle nutrients in the ecosystem 6. some "fix" nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle

500

How can bacteria be harmful?

Some are pathogens that produce toxins that make you sick...bacterial infections and disease

Protists

100

Name the 3 main types of protists

Plant-like protists, Animal-like protists, Fungus-like protists

200

true/false protists have a nucleus that contains dna

true

300

Protists are divided into 3 groups based on.....

How they MOVE

400

What is the top way to avoid illness or diseases caused by protists?

Avoid areas that they are present

(preventative measures)

500

Explain how someone could get malaria...be sure to mention the name of the protist in your answer.

Plasmodium protists exists in the saliva of a mosquito, and when the mosquito bites a human the plasmodium can be sent into the bloodstream.

Fungi

100

this is a type of fungus that is commonly used to help bread rise

yeast

200

How does fungi reproduce?

By water proof reproductive cells called SPORES

300

A mass of thread-like tubes

HYPHAE

400

Fungi grow best in this kind of environment

Grow best in warm, humid, and dark areas

500

How are fungi and plants similar?

Fungi have a a cell wall and are anchored to the ground like plants

Miscellaneous

100

What is the name of microorganisms that cause harm?

pathogens

200

Which of the 4 types of microorganisms is the smallest? bonus points for the fun fact we discussed during the presentation

virus

fun fact: viruses are so small they can even infect bacteria

300

Not wearing a hat in the winter will...

Not cause an illness, but instead make it your body more likely (susceptible) to catching something.

(other reasons people are more likely to get sick are: more time indoors, weakened immune system from body temperature needing to regulate, increased cases of illness during the winter/colder times of year so more opportunities to catch things)

400

A fungus-like protist caused this in the 1840s in Ireland

Irish Potato Famine

500

name 2 of the 3 ways pathogens can spread

direct contact (physical, person-to-person contact/sharing bodily fluids, or touching/consuming the microbe)

indirect contact ( transmission through a contaminated object, surface or airborne contaminants)

vector (a living organism, like a mosquito or tick, that carries a pathogen from one host to another, facilitating disease transmission)