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Science Test May 8th
5/8/12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is contracted? | - how you get the disease |
| What is transmitted? | - how you give the disease |
| What is a treatment? | - relieves the symptoms to feel better |
| What is a cure? | - got rid of it |
| What are signs? | - you can see on the person |
| What are symptoms? | - how you feel |
| What is a pathogen? | - disease producing organism |
| What do antibodies do? | - they surround the virus and bind to it. This prevents the virus from reproducing or being transported throughout the virus |
| Is cancer a bacteria or virus? | - neither |
| Why are the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems called " first-line defenses"? | - because they are the first systems to attack the pathogens |
| What are the specific immunity steps? | - 1. recognition - 2. mobilization - 3. disposal - 4. immunity |
| What is an antigen? | - a complex molecule that is foreign to your body |
| What is an antibody? | - a protein made in response to a specific antigen that can attach to the antigen and it to be useless |
| How do organisms interact with there environment? | - they adapt to their habitat |
| What are bacteria? | - single celled organisms of various species which one involved with infectious disease. |
| How do microorganisms enter your body? | They can enter through your mouth, nose, and eyes. |
| Why are antibodies effective against battle? | - they stop the virus from reproducing and spreading |
| What is a virus? | - an ultra-microscopic infectious agent that only reproduces inside a living cell |