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What is the protein shell of a virus called?
Capsid
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The core of a virus contains ___________
DNA or RNA
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What is the type of food poisoning that is contracted through eating undercooked poultry and causes diarrhea and fever?
Salmonella
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What are the ideal conditions for bacteria to reproduce?

Warm, moist, dark, with plenty of food

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What is the scientific name for a disease causing agent?
Pathogen
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Which is smaller, a bacterium or a virus?
Viruses are WAY smaller!!!
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Why are viruses said to be nonliving?

All living things are made of 1 or more cells. Viruses do not have cells.

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How often can bacteria reproduce?
Every 20 minutes
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True or False? Diseases from bacteria are usually not transmitted through the air.

True

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Name three examples of vectors
mosquitoes rats chickens birds fleas rats bats
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What is an organism called that has no nucleus?
Prokaryote
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What has to happen for a virus to reproduce?

They must enter a host cell.

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What type of asexual reproduction to bacteria undergo?
Binary fission
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What are the small structure within a bacterium called and produce proteins?
Ribosomes
300

Are fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

Eukaryotic

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Antibiotics do not work against viruses because they lack a ____________________
Cell wall
400

Name 3 viruses.

Common Cold, COVID, Flu, Mumps, Herpes, Hepatitis, Ebola, Chicken Pox, Measles...

400
What are the three shapes of bacteria?
Cocci, Bacillis, and Spirillum
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Name 3 common illnesses caused by bacteria.

Strep Throat, food poisoning, cholera, tonsillitis, tetanus, chlamydia 

400

What is the difference in a eukaryotic cell and a prokaryotic cell?

Eukaryotic cells contain membrane bound organelles and prokaryotic cells do not.

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How do viruses kill their hosts?
Viral DNA takes over the cell and turns it into a "virus making factory"
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Why do some viruses have spikes?

To attach to cells.

500

How does a bacterium move?

Using a flagellum

500

How do antibiotics work on bacteria?

Antibiotics stop the production of the cell wall, prohibiting the bacteria from reproducing.

500

What is it called when the body builds the wrong type of antibody to a harmless substance and results in the release of too many histamines?

Allergy