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Friendly Bio. Ch 18
Vocabulary Terminology for Chapter 18 in Friendly Biology
| Question or Term | Answer or Definition |
|---|---|
| Prokaryotes | Means they have no nuclear membrane or organized organelles and are members of the Kingdom Monera. |
| Unicellular | Means they solely consist of one cell and are members of the Kingdom Monera. |
| Binary Fission and Budding | Are the primary forms of reproduction in the Kingdom Monera. |
| Phylum Schizophyta | Is included in Kingdom Monera and includes the bacteria which causes disease. |
| Members of Phylum Schizophyta either live | As parasites on living things or off dead living things. |
| Capsid | Is the name of the protein coat that encloses strands of DNA or RNA of Viruses. |
| Obligate intracellular organisms | Are viruses because they must live within cells of a host to survive. |
| Vaccines | Are the main way we control viruses. |
| Antibodies or immunoglobulins | Are produced by our body’s immune system when stimulated by a vaccine to fight off disease when encountered at a later time. |
| Viruses | Work by entering a host cell and take control of the cell’s DNA in an effort to create more viruses and then the host cell dies. |
| Virus classification | Is either DNA or RNA. |
| Antibiotics | Is another way to control viruses, but isn’t usually successful. |