biology test 7

Question 1

any condition that interferes with normal functions

Answer 1

disease

Question 2

disease causing organism

Answer 2

pathogen

Question 3

microscopic pathogen

Answer 3

germ

Question 4

disease caused by a malfunction of the immune system

Answer 4

immunological disease

Question 5

most common immunological disease

Answer 5

allergy

Question 6

disease present at birth

Answer 6

congenital disease

Question 7

disease from inherited characteristics

Answer 7

genetic disease

Question 8

condition that results from the run­away growth of the body’s own cells.

Answer 8

cancer

Question 9

noncancerous tumor

Answer 9

benign

Question 10

cancerous tumor

Answer 10

malignant

Question 11

substance thought to be capable of causing cancer

Answer 11

carcinogen

Question 12

disease in which the invading mi­crobe can be transferred from person to person (directly or indirectly).

Answer 12

communicable disease

Question 13

diseases caused by pathogens

Answer 13

infectious disease

Question 14

The microscopic, unicellular creatures; are some of the most widespread organisms in all of God’s creation.

Answer 14

bacteria

Question 15

small DNA circles

Answer 15

plasmids

Question 16

the 3 bacterial shapes

Answer 16

1). spirilla
2). cocci
3). bacilli

Question 17

Bacteria reproduce rapidly
by an asexual process

Answer 17

binary fission

Question 18

who formulated the germ concept of disease

Answer 18

Louis pasteur

Question 19

formulated guidelines to see if a bacteria causes a disease

Answer 19

Koch

Question 20

pathogen that is a molecule of genetic material enclosed in a geometric protein capsid

Answer 20

virus

Question 21

causes mycotic diseases
(Athletes foot, ringworm…)

Answer 21

fungus

Question 22

an animal that transmits infection

Answer 22

vector

Question 23

person who transmits diseases

Answer 23

carrier

Question 24

Pathogens require this period of development before their presence produces signs or symptoms of disease

Answer 24

incubation period

Question 25

a substance that stimulates your body to develop an acquired immunity to a disease.

Answer 25

vaccine

Question 26

first to use antiseptics

Answer 26

Lister

Question 27

Some white blood cells also produce a chemical messenger called __?___ when invading microorganisms or foreign sub­stances are detected in the body

Answer 27

histamine

Question 28

a chemical messenger from cells infected by a virus

Answer 28

interferon

Question 29

Y­-shaped protein molecules that act like molecular homing missiles

Answer 29

antibodies

Question 30

what happens when tissue fluid goes to the in lymph vessels

Answer 30

they become lymph

Question 31

the accumulation of lymph nodes in the throat

Answer 31

tonsils & adenoids

Question 32

largest lymphatic organ

Answer 32

spleen

Question 33

enzymes that kill bacteria by destroying their cell walls and are found in sweat and tears

Answer 33

lysozyme

Question 34

Immunity developed through an immune response to a pathogen; immunity from a virus

Answer 34

active acquired immunity

Question 35

immunity results from factors other than the presence of antibodies and memory cells

Answer 35

innate immunity

Question 36

what is AIDS caused by

Answer 36

HIV

Question 38

substances produced by bacteria, molds, and certain other organisms that are effective in stopping the growth of microorganisms

Answer 38

antibiotics

Question 39

what is the best way to fight diseases

Answer 39

preventing

Question 40

book that allows us to view the close working association between created man (Adam) and other living things.

Answer 40

Bible

Question 41

the ancient people who posses God's truth through the scriptures

Answer 41

Hebrews/ jews

Question 42

famous early hebrew naturalist

Answer 42

Solomon

Question 43

what people group borrowed wisdom and built upon it

Answer 43

greeks

Question 44

the idea that life came from nothing

Answer 44

spontaneous generation

Question 45

idea that we all come from a common ancestor

Answer 45

evolution

Question 46

who taught spontaneous generation

Answer 46

Anaximander

Question 47

developed doctrine of ideas

Answer 47

Plato

Question 48

the doctrine taught by aristotle

Answer 48

doctrine of intellect

Question 49

what ancient people spread knowledge throughout the world

Answer 49

Romans

Question 50

whose work became the absolute authority on human anatomy for 1000 yrs

Answer 50

Galen

Question 51

what religious group preserve knowledge

Answer 51

nestorians

Question 52

father of anatomy

Answer 52

Vesalius

Question 53

materialism

Answer 53

the idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy and has no spiritual or supernatural aspects

Question 54

first to write a book about a microscope

Answer 54

Robert Hooke

Question 55

the first person to devote his whole life to studies with the microscope

Answer 55

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 56

the idea that everything is made up of cells

Answer 56

cell theory

Question 57

the special process that scientists employed to solve scientific problems

Answer 57

scientific method

Question 58

the tentative solution to a scientific problem

Answer 58

hypothesis

Question 59

Any factor observed or measured to determine an experiment’s results

Answer 59

dependent variable

Question 60

experiments in which all factors are identical except the one being tested

Answer 60

controlled variable

Question 60

the one factor being tested

Answer 60

independent variable

Question 61

If a theory stands the test of time and is verified by experiment after experiment, it may become accepted __ ; what we expect to happen

Answer 61

scientific law

Question 62

developed an experiment with meat and maggots

Answer 62

Redi

Question 63

Once a hypothesis has received this level of support, it is referred to as; why something works the way it does

Answer 63

theory

Question 64

developed an experiment with broth and bacteria

Answer 64

Pasteur

Question 65

concept that living things come from living things

Answer 65

law of Biogenesis

Question 66

idea that science has every answer

Answer 66

scientism