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V,B, & Health
Bacteria
Viruses
Vocabulary
True/False
100
A substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria.
What is vaccine
100
These are bacteria that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals
What are decomposers
100
In orcer to multiply a virus must invade this.
What is a host cell
100
The process of breaking down food to release energy
What is respiration
100
Asexual reproduction is the process in which two parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents
What is false
200
The best treatment for an unknown viral disease is this
What is bed rest
200
The are inside the cell membrane of a bacterium is this
What is cytoplasm
200
A virus that attacks and destroys bacteria
What is a bacteriophage
200
A whiplike structure that helps a cell to move
What is flagellum
200
Hidden viruses immediately take over a host cell's functions
What is false
300
A chemical that can kill bacteria without harming the human body is this
What is an antibiotic
300
To survive in unfavorable conditions, some bacteria form these
What are endospores
300
This type of virus immediately goes into action and takes over cell functions in a host.
What is an active virus
300
The cell's chemical factories where proteins are produced
What are ribosomes
300
Bacteria are prokaryotes. Their cells have nuclei that contain the cell's genetic materials.
What is false
400
The bacterium Clostridium Tetani produces a poison called this,which can cause tetanus.
What is toxin
400
Where one bacterium divide to form two identical bacteria cells
What is binary fission
400
All viruses have two basic parts: A protein coat and this
What is genetic material
400
A type of reproduction where two parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents
What is sexual reproduction
400
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission
What is true
500
this is ONE way infectious diseases can be spread
What is Contact with an infected object, animal, person, or an environmental source.
500
Where one bacterium transfers genetic material into another bacteria cell
What is conjugation
500
A virus acts like this type of organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm
What is a parasite
500
An illness that passes from one organism to another
What is an infectious disease
500
Some infectious diseases can be prevented with vaccines
What is true