Viruses & bacteria

Question 0

Capsid

Answer 0

Protein coat

Question 1

Define

Viruses

Answer 1

Capsid surrounding either DNA or RNA

Question 2

Define

Pathogen

Answer 2

Causes disease

Question 3

Define

Lytic cycle

Answer 3

Virus attaches to cell, injects DNA or RNA and cell breaks; viruses attach to new cells

Question 4

Define

Lysogenic cycle

Answer 4

Virus attaches to cell, injects DNA or RNA and goes through either lytic cycle or collects in body and waits

Question 5

Define

Viral disease

Answer 5

Diseases caused by viruses

Question 6

Define

Influenza

Answer 6

Infects cells in upper respiratory tract and spreads

Question 7

Define

Cancer causing

Answer 7

Invades cells and causes uncontrolled reproduction

Question 8

Define

Prions

Answer 8

Proteins with no DNA or RNA (causes mad cow)

Question 9

Define

Viroid

Answer 9

Single strand of RNA with no capsid infects and destroys plants

Question 10

What do viruses lack

Answer 10

Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane

Question 11

What infects the brains of cows and causes mad cow disease

Answer 11

Prions

Question 12

What are viruses that infect and destroy plants

Answer 12

Viroids

Question 13

What are emerging viruses

Answer 13

New viruses, reintroduced viruses, viruses that relocated

Question 14

What life functions do viruses not show

Answer 14

Growth, metabolism, homeostasis

Question 15

The word virus comes from the Latin word meaning

Answer 15

Poison

Question 16

Proteins causing other proteins to fold and cause which diseases

Answer 16

Mad cow and creutzfeld Jacobs

Question 17

In which cycle can viruses remain in the body for extended periods of time

Answer 17

Lysogenic

Question 18

In which cycle is the host cell always destroyed

Answer 18

Lytic

Question 19

Why must viruses rely on host cells for reproduction

Answer 19

Viruses can’t make proteins or metabolize

Question 20

Define

Bacillus

Answer 20

Rod shaped bacteria

Question 21

Define

Coccus

Answer 21

Round shaped bacteria

Question 22

Define

Spirillum

Answer 22

Spiral shaped bacteria

Question 23

Define

Conjunction

Answer 23

Share a nucleus and split- simplest form of reproduction

Question 24

Define | Autotrophic

Answer 24

Make energy from inorganic substances

Question 25

Define | Heterotrophic

Answer 25

Main decomposers- can't make their own food

Question 26

Define | Chemoautotrophic

Answer 26

Make energy by removing electrons from inorganic substances

Question 27

Define | Anaerobic

Answer 27

Without oxygen

Question 28

Define | Aerobic

Answer 28

With oxygen

Question 29

Define | Antibiotic

Answer 29

Chemicals that fight off bacteria

Question 30

Why is gram staining helpful

Answer 30

Identify bacteria and determine which antibiotics to use

Question 31

How does conjugation help with the evolution of the species

Answer 31

Changes DNA

Question 32

Are all bacteria destroyed by antibiotics

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What organisms are thought to have created the earths' oxygen

Answer 33

Cyanobacteria

Question 34

How fast can bacteria double in population

Answer 34

20 minutes

Question 35

What bacteria causes strep throat

Answer 35

Streptococcus

Question 36

What bacteria commonly causes food poisoning

Answer 36

Botulinum

Question 37

What bacterial disease destroys lung tissue

Answer 37

Tuberculosis

Question 38

How can heterotrophic bacteria be helpful

Answer 38

Because they recycle matter

Question 39

Without bacteria, what couldn't humans do

Answer 39

Digest food Grow plants Make cheese