Case Study
Diseases
Definitions Category
Characteristics of Life
Living Organisms
100
Where were all the infected or dead people located in relation to the river?
The south side.
100
This is a definition of what? A non-living pathogen with a protein capsule.
A virus
100
If a virus or other pathogen has a strong ability to cause a disease, we would say it has a high, what?
Virulence is the measure of a pathogen’s ability to cause disease.
100
The ability to move or fly was a characteristic that we explicitly looked at. True or False
False
100
Which of the 5 kingdoms have a real cell wall?
Plants
200
Where were the suspicious “ovals” found?
South Public Toilet, East River and West River
200
What is a pathogen?
Something that causes diseases.
200
What type of organism makes their own food and what would be a real example?
Autotroph; plants.
200
Name 4 of the 7 characteristics of life.
Require nutrition, reproduce, excrete, respond to stimuli, life cycles, gas exchange, cells
200
Do bacteria reproduce sexually or asexually? (careful!)
Trick! It's Both.
300
What does it mean if BTB changes from blue to yellow
There is a presence of CO2
300
Herpes, chicken pox, or influenza are all caused by what?
Viruses
300
Fill in the blank: _________________ uses two parents genetic information when forming offspring, while ___________________ is the formation of offspring from a single parent.
Sexual Reproduction; Asexual Reproduction
300
Put the following in order of least complex to most complex: organism, macromolecules, organ, cell.
Macromolecule, cell, organ, organism
300
Which of the 5 Animal Kingdoms are multicellular?
Animal, Plants, Fungi
400
Which sample was used for the control variable and which was used for the experimental variable?
SPT-experimental; NPT-control
400
What did Koch have to do to prove his germ theory?
Isolate pure bacteria
400
Which type of organism has a real or true nucleus.
Eukaryotes.
400
What does a virus need in order to continue existing and replicate?
A host. a virus is non-living; it neither reproduces, or requires nutrition.
400
What is the word for how Protista reproduce asexually?
Binary Fission
500
What were symptoms of the mysterious illness?
diarrhea, vomiting, swollen abdomen.
500
What is MRSA caused by?
A bacterial infection.
500
Working in your team and using your notes, write down an answer to the following question: I am a living organism. I am multicellular with no real cell wall. I am a eukaryote, reproduce sexually, and am a heterotroph. I am often used in baked goods for humans. What kingdom do I belong to?
Fungi. I am a Fun Guy.
500
What are the 5 Animal Kingdoms
Animals, plants, protista, bacteria, fungi
500
What is the animal kingdom that is prokaryotic?
Bacteria.