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Ch 4 Virus/Bacteria
Ch 4 virus/bacteria
Question | Answer |
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How do bacteria reproduce? | Fission |
What do bacteria form in order to live in really cold environments? | Endospores |
What are chemicals called that are made in the body and help destroy viruses and bacteria? | Antibodies |
What are chemicals called that you use to kill bacteria on living things? (germ x) | Antiseptics |
What are chemicals called that you clean non living things with to get rid of bacteria? (Clorox on tables) | Disinfectants |
What is it called when scientists develop new ways to use bacteria fit help people? | Biotechnology |
What is the common cold caused by? | Virus |
What cell part do bacterial cells not have? | Nucleus |
What bacteria contains chlorophyll, makes its own food and can produce oxygen? | Blue green bacteria |
What is it called when milk is heated to kill bacteria? | Pasteurization |
What is it called when water is removed from food? | Dehydration |
What is the medicine called that you are given full of a dead virus that prepares your body to fight it later? | Vaccine |
What is an example of a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria? | Gonorrhea |
What do viruses contain a protein coat around? | Chromosome like part |
What can both viruses and living things do? | Reproduce |
What is a common shape of bacteria? | Round, Rod, Spiral |
What traits do viruses share with living things? | Ability to reproduce |
What do you need to use to see viruses since they are so small? | Electron Microscope |
What are organisms that use dead materials for food? | Saprophytes |
What cell parts do viruses not have? | They do not have any cell parts |
What shapes are viruses? | Round, rod, many sided |
What can be reproduced only in living cells? | Virus |
What is an example of a disease the bacteria causes? | Pneumonia |
How are bacteria helpful? | Adds flavor and texture to food, helps cows Digests food, makes insulin, produces antibiotics |
How is AIDS spread? | Sexual Contact, blood transfusions, dirty needles, an infected mother to her unborn child |
What are some communicable diseases? | Pneumonia and strep throat |
What are the steps for proving that a disease is caused by a certain organism? | Koch's Postulates |
What is an example of a disease caused by a Virus? | Polio |