Infectious Diseases Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
infectious disease | Is an illness that can pass from one organism to another. |
vaccine | a substance intoduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific viruses or bacteria. |
antibiotics | Chemicals that can kill bacteria without harming a person's cells. |
antibiotic resistance | When some bacteria are able to survive in the presence of antibiotics. |
common cold | The most common virus; it is a viral illness no cure just rest and plenty of fluids. |
genetic material | The part of the virus which contains instructions for making another virus. |
protein coat | The part of a virus that helps the virus attach to its host. |
bacterial cells shapes are | rod, spiral and round. |
genetic material in a bacterial cell | are located in the cytoplasm. |
conjugation | Is sexual reproduction in bacterial cells that results in different bacterial cells. |
binary fission | Is asexual reproduction in bacterial cells that result in two identical bacterial cells. |
heterotrophic bacteria | Bacteria that obtain food by consuming other organisms or the food that organisms make. |
toxins | Are poisons produced by bacteria that cause diseases. |
prokaryotes | Are bacteria that their genteitic material is not contained in a nuclei. |
ribosomes | Are structures in bacterial cells which are chemical factories where proteins are produced. |
energy | Is needed in a constant supply to carry out all life processes,by all living organisms like bacteria |
Tetanus | A bacterial disease treated with an antibiotic. |
Chicken Pox | A viral infection which can be prevented with a vaccine. |
Strep Throat | Is a bacterial infectiontreated with an antibiotic. |
Lyme Disease | Is a bacterial infectiontreated with an antibiotic. |
Influenza (flu) | A viral infection which some can be prevented with a vaccine. |
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