Bacteria
What shape is Bacilli?
Rod shaped
Viruses are living organisms?
No
What is the largest organ in the body?
Skin
What does inhibiting mean?
To prevent or hold back
One way bacteria is different from eukaryotic cells?
No nucleus, cell wall, and circular DNA
What shape is Cocci?
Cirlce
Why aren’t viruses considered living things?
Viruses aren’t made out of cells
What is the process used by bacteria to replicate themselves called?
Binary Fission
Peptidoglycan makes what?
Cells strong and not leaky
What parts of the body are mucous membranes?( name 3)
Eyes, mouth, and nose
What is meant by the term parasite?
An organism that lives off of an organism of another species
Is the flu a virus?
Yes
What is the normal human body temperature?
98.6 or 99 rounded
What is phagocytosis? What purpose does it serve for your immune system?
Cell eating, immune cells eat foreign pathogens
What does it mean if a diease is contagious?
Spreads easily
Tuberculosis and Strep Throat have what in common?
They are caused by Bacteria
What does it mean if a virus “mutates?”
Alterations in the virus’s surface proteins or antigens
What drug is useful for for fighting bacterial infections?
Antibiotics
Do you spell it with an “e” or an “i”?
Zoonosis=i
What pathogen is a ringworm?
Fungus
No nucles, cell wall, circular DNA, and unicelular
List eight disease caused by viruses?
Cold, rabies, aids, flu, covid, chickenpox, measles, and norovirus
What are 2 ways your body helps fight off infections?
Harder for bacteria and virus to survive cause of your temperature, and activates body immune system
What bacterium absorbs genetic material form its surroundings?
Transformation