Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Question 1

Aerobe

Answer 1

a microorganism that requires oxygen to live and grow, such as an aerobic bacterium

Question 2

Anaerobe

Answer 2

a microorganism that does not require oxygen to live and grow, such as an anaerobic bacterium.

Question 3

Antibiotic

Answer 3

a chemical that inhibits or stops bacterial growth, such as penicillin: which is used to treat infectious diseases.

Question 4

Cacilli

Answer 4

rod-shaped bacteria

Question 5

Capsid

Answer 5

a protein coat that makes up most of a virus and gives the virus shape.

Question 6

Cocci

Answer 6

round or egg shaped bacteria.

Question 7

Host

Answer 7

a living thing another organism lives on or in for protection or nourishment.

Question 8

Infectious Disease

Answer 8

a disease that can be transmitted between people by harmful organisms.

Question 9

Moneran

Answer 9

a simple organism with no membrane bound nuclei or organelles; occurs as a single cell or in colonies: examples are bacterium and blue green bacterium.

Question 10

Spirilla

Answer 10

spiral shaped bacteria

Question 11

Vaccine

Answer 11

a medicine that produces immunity to a disease without causing the disease; contains weakened or dead pathogens, which induce the production of antibodies.

Question 12

Virus

Answer 12

a piece of hereditary material with a coat of protein.