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Vocabulary
Noninfectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
EXTRA
100
This is a small, non living particle that invades and reproduces in a living cell.
What is a virus
100
This is the number of different forms of diabetes.
What is two.
100
This viral disease affects millions around the world and currently as no cure.
What is AIDS.
100
This is used to name living things, not viruses.
What is binomial nomenclature.
100
A blood cell that fights disease.
What is a white blood cell
200
A chemical that kills or slows the growth of bacteria without harming human body cells.
What is an antibiotic.
200
The chemical that enables the body's cells to take in and use glucose for energy.
What is insulin
200
This is a viral disease that is often contracted from a bite of an infected wild animal.
What is rabies.
200
This virus specifically invades bacteria cells.
What is a bacteriophage.
200
He reduced his patients' rate of infection by simply washing his hands.
Who is Dr. Joseph Lister
300
An organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for a virus or another organism to live.
What is a host.
300
A disorder in the immune system in which the body is overly sensitive to a foreign substance.
What is an allergy.
300
This bacterial disease is common in developing countries and is contracted through contaminated food and water.
What is Typhoid Fever.
300
Viruses multiply first by taking over this.
What is the cell's function.
300
Another name from glucose is this.
What is sugar or bloodsugar.
400
The chemical that cells release in reaction to an allergen.
What is histamine.
400
Weakness, frequent urination, thirst, hungry all the time are all symptoms of this.
What is diabetes.
400
Only this type of mosquito sucks blood and can transfer infectious diseases from organism to organism.
What is a female mosquito.
400
A virus's outer coat is made of these and they must attach to a certain kind of cell to "unlock" it.
What are proteins.
400
This was the first antibiotic that was actually made from mold.
What is penillicin.
500
A condition in which the respiratory passages narrow, making it difficult for a person to breath.
What is asthma.
500
In type II diabetes, if the glucose can not enter the cells where does it go?
What is back into the bloodstream, causing it to elevate.
500
Infectious disease rates are lower, thanks to these two things.
What is modern medicine and technology progress.
500
A virus's inner core is made of this.
What is genetic material.
500
A nickname for van Leeuwenhoek is this because he was the first person to correctly identify red blood cells.
What is The Father of Microbiology.