Terms Flashcards
1
Q
What is a microbe?
A
Microscopic living organisms, usually single celled
2
Q
What is a virus?
A
Cell attacker
3
Q
What is bacterium/bacteria?
A
Simple, single celled living organism
4
Q
What is a fungus/fungi?
A
Single celled or made of threads
5
Q
What is a protist?
A
Single celled animals, plants (algae) and seaweed
6
Q
What is a colony?
A
Dots on an agar plate made of millions of microbe cells
7
Q
What are infections
A
Diseases caused by microbes
8
Q
What does mucus do?
A
Traps dirt and bacteria in your lungs
9
Q
What is a pathogen?
A
Microbe causing disease
10
Q
What is cilia?
A
Tiny hairs on lung cell surface that move mucus
11
Q
What is an immune system?
A
Protects body against pathogens
12
Q
What is an agar plate?
A
Dish filled with agar jelly, containing food for microbes
