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What is active immunity?

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A form of immunity provided by the immune response of the body upon
detection of a pathogen

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What is active transport?

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The active movement of substances from a low concentration to a higher concentration (up their concentration gradient) with the use of energy in the form of ATP

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What is agglutination?

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The clumping together of cells or particles caused by antibodies which assists phagocytosis

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What is an antibody?

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A protein found in the blood that is produced by plasma cells which binds to antigens as a part of the immune response

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What is an antigen?

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Marker molecules that can be detected by antibodies and trigger an immune response

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What is binary fission?

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The method of cell division used by prokaryotes involving replication of the circular DNA and plasmids followed by cytoplasmic division

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What is the cell cycle?

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The series of stages preparing the cell for division consisting of interphase and mitosis

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What is the cell-surface membrane?

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A phospholipid bilayer studded with proteins that surrounds cells and separates them from their environment

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What is the cell vacuole?

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A membrane bound structure found in plant cells that contains cell sap

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What is the cell wall?

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A permeable layer that surrounds plant, algae and fungi cells made of
polysaccharides which provides strength to the cell

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What is the chloroplast?

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An organelle found in plants and algae that is the site of photosynthesis

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What is clonal expansion?

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The production of many genetically identical daughter cells through cell division of the activated B or T lymphocyte after clonal selection

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What is clonal selection?

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The process of matching the antigens on an antigen presenting cells with the antigen receptors on B and T lymphocytes

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What is co-transport?

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A method of membrane transport where two substances are both transported across a membrane at the same time either in the same direction or opposite directions

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What is cytokinesis?

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Division of the cytoplasm to produce two new cells

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What is facilitated diffusion?

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he passive movement of substances from a high concentration to a lower concentration (down their concentration gradient) through transport proteins without the use of energy

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What is flagella?

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A whip-like structure found on bacterial cells that is used for cell movement

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What is fluid-mosaic model?

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A model that describes membrane structure as a sea of mobile

phospholipids studded with various proteins

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What is golgi apparatus?

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An organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is involved in the modification and packaging of proteins

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What is a helper T cell?

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A type of T cell in the immune system that stimulates cytotoxic T cells, B cells and phagocytes

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What is herd immunity?

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A type of disease immunity that occurs when a large proportion of a population are vaccinated against a disease which prevents the spread of the disease to unvaccinated individuals

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What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)?

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A virus that attacks T cells in the immune system and can lead to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

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What are lysosomes?

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Membrane-bound vesicles found in the cytoplasm that contain a hydrolytic enzyme called lysozyme

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What is magnification?

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How much bigger an image appears compared to the original object calculated using the following formula:

image size = actual size x magnification

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What is a mitochondrion?

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An organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is the site of aerobic respiration

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What is mitosis?

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The part of the cell cycle in which a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two daughter
cells, each with identical copies of DNA

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What are monoclonal antibodies?

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Identical antibodies that have been produced by an immune cell that has been cloned from a parent cell

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What is the nucleus?

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An organelle found in eukaryotic cells that stores the genetic information of the cell as chromosomes and is surrounded by a membrane called the nuclear envelope

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What is osmosis?

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he passive diffusion of water molecules from a region of high water potential to a region of lower water potential (down a water potential gradient) through a selectively permeable membrane without the use of energy

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What is passive immunity?

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​A form of immunity provided by the introduction of antibodies to a disease into the body

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What is phagocytosis?

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The process where phagocytes engulf and destroy material

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What are plasmids?

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A circular loop of DNA found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells

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What is a primary immune response?

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The response produced by the immune system when it encounters a pathogen for the first time

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What is resolution?

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the ability to distinguish two different points in a specimen

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What are ribosomes?

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Organelles found either free in the cytoplasm or membrane bound that are
involved in the synthesis of proteins

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What is a rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)?

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A membrane-bound organelle that is involved in the synthesis and packaging of proteins

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What is a secondary immune response?

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The response produced by the immune system when it recognises a pathogen that it has encountered before

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What is simple diffusion?

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The passive spreading out of substances from a high concentration to a lower concentration (down their concentration gradient) without the use of energy

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What is smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)​?

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A membrane-bound organelle involved in lipid synthesis

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What is a vaccine?

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The introduction of dead or inactive pathogens to stimulate an immune response and provide long term immunity

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