Lessons 3 & 4

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

A tiny, non living particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell.

Question 2

Vaccine

Answer 2

A substance used in a vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the body to produce chemicals that kill the pathogens.

Question 3

Host

Answer 3

An organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for a a parasite to live with, in, or on.

Question 4

A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus.

Answer 4

Protist

Question 5

Parasite

Answer 5

An organism that benefits by living with, on, or in a host in a parasitism interaction.

Question 6

Bacteria

Answer 6

Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes.

Question 7

Resist

Answer 7

To hold off or work against an opposing force.

Question 8

Tissue

Answer 8

A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.

Question 9

A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials.

Answer 9

Vascular plants

Question 10

An animal with a backbone.

Answer 10

Vertebrates

Question 11

A low-growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials.

Answer 11

nonvascular plants

Question 12

An animal without a backbone.

Answer 12

Invertebrate

Question 13

A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.

Answer 13

Organ

Question 14

A vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and that has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed it’s young.

Answer 14

Mammals

Question 15

A balance of body parts

Answer 15

Symmetry

Question 16

Virus or Bacteria: Larger (microscopic)

Answer 16

Bacteria

Question 17

Are viruses living or dead?

Answer 17

Dead

Question 18

Penicillin

Answer 18

Fungus

Question 19

Yeast

Answer 19

Fungus

Question 20

Amoeba

Answer 20

Protist

Question 21

E. Coli

Answer 21

Bacteria

Question 22

Streptococcus (Strep Throat)

Answer 22

Bacteria

Question 23

Ebola

Answer 23

Virus

Question 24

Bacteriophage

Answer 24

Virus

Question 25

Are fungi heterotrophs or autotrophs?

Answer 25

Heterotrophs— feed through their cell walls.

Question 26

List 4 helpful functions of bacteria.

Answer 26

Digesting food, turn oil spills into harmless substances, turn milk into cheese and buttermilk, decomposers, release oxygen, make vitamins, help plants get nitrogen.