Chapter 21 test Flashcards

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1
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what is a particle made of proteins, nucleic acids, and sometimes lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells

A

Virus

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2
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what is a protein coat surrounding a virus

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Capsid

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3
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what is a type of infection in which a virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst

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lytic infection

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4
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what is a kind of virus that infects bacteria

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bacteriophage

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5
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what is a type of infecting in which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cell’s DNA

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lysogenic infection

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6
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what is the bacteriophage DNA that is embedded in the bacterial hist’s DNA

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prophage

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7
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RNA virus that contains RNA as its genetic information

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retrovirus

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8
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is a virus living or nonliving

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nonliving

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9
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how can viruses reproduce

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by infecting other living cells

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10
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Viruses contain genetic information in the form of ______ or _______

A

RNA/DNA

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11
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What are two viruses’ patterns of infection

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lytic and lysogenic infection

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12
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What happens when you get a common cold

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cold viruses attack with a very simple, fast-acting infection

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13
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viruses cause disease by directly ______ ______ or by affecting cellular processes in ways that upset _______

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living cells/homeostasis

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14
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What are two types of prevention and treatment of viruses

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antiviral medication and others that help prolong the lives of people infected with HIV

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15
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Are viruses parasites

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yes

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16
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what is the unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus

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prokaryote

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17
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What is a type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells

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Binary fission

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18
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what is a structure produced by prokaryotes in unfavorable conditions; a thick internal wall that encloses the DNA and a portion of the cytoplasm

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endosphere

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19
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what is the process in which paramecia and some prokaryotes exchange genetic information

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conjugation

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20
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What is a disease-causing agent

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pathogen

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21
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what is the preparation of weakened or killed pathogens used to produce immunity to a disease

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Vaccine

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22
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What is a group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens

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antibiotic

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23
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Where is the DNA of prokaryotes located

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cytoplasm

24
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Prokaryotes belong to what two domains

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Bacteria and Archaea

25
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The cell walls of bacteria contain ___________, which is a polymer of sugars and amino acids that surrounded the cell membrane

A

peptidolycan

26
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Many archaea live where

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extremely harsh environments

27
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what are the three basic shapes of prokaryotes

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rod, spherical, and spiral

28
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Most prokaryotes reproduce by what process

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Binary fission

29
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Since many prokaryotes reproduce asexualy, what two ways do their populations evolve

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mutations and through conjugation

30
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In a typical human intestine there may be as many as how many bacteria

A

30 trillion bacteria

31
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Bacteria produce disease in what two general ways

A

by destroying living cells or release chemicals that release homeostasis

32
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What are infections that evolve and make medicines less effective

A

superbugs

33
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What is an unknown disease that becomes hard to control

A

An emerging disease

34
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what is a short hairlike projection that produces movement

A

cilium

35
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What is a structure used by protists for movement; produces movement in a wavelike motion

A

flagellum

36
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what is a life cycle that has two alternating phases—a haploid phase and diploid phase

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alternation of generations

37
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What are eukaryotes that are not members of the plant, animal, or fungi kingdom

A

protists

38
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How many species of protists are there

A

300,000

39
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How many major clades or groups of protists are there

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6

40
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What are the ways protists move

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change their cell shape, means of specialized organelle, don’t move except by wind or water

41
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What ways do protists reproduce

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mitosis, or asexual reproduction

42
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What are complex carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthropods

A

Chitin

43
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what is one of many long, slender filaments that makes up the body of a fungus

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hypha

44
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what is a reproductive structure of a fungus that grows from the mycelium

A

fruiting body

45
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what is a densely branched network of the hyphae of a fungus

A

mycelium

46
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what is the symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

A

lichen

47
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what is a symbiotic association of plant roots and fungi

A

mycorrhiza

48
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what is heterotrophic with cell walls

A

fungi

49
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how can fungi reproduce asexually

A

spores by air or water

50
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do most fungi reproduce sexually or asexually

A

sexually

51
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How many species of fungi are known

A

100,000

52
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What are the four major phyla of fungi

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Ascomycota, zygomycota, trititiomicota

53
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how do fungi help ecosystems maintain homeostasis

A

breaking down dead organisms, or recycling elements

54
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How can parasitic fungi cause serious diseases in plants and animals

A

disrupting homeostasis

55
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What kind of relationships do fungi form with plant roots

A

mutualistic

56
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Scientists estimate that what percent of plant species form mycorrhizae with fungi

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80-90 percent