Chapter 18

Question 1

Any living organism or particle that can cause an infectious disease is called and infectious agent or…

Answer 1

Pathogen

Question 2

Are infectious particles that cause disease in plants.

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Viroids

Question 3

Is an infectious particle made only of proteins that can cause other proteins to fold correctly.

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Prion

Question 4

A single viral particle, is made up of genetic material surrounded by a protein shelf.

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Capsid

Question 5

Are viruses that infect bacteria

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Bacteriophages

Question 6

A phage combines its DNA into the host cell’s DNA

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Lysogenic infection

Question 7

Is an infection pathway in which the host cell bursts, releasing the new viral offspring into the host’s system.

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Lyric infection

Question 8

Is the phage DNA inserted into the host cells DNA

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Prophage

Question 9

Is a rapid outbreak of an infection that affects many people.

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Epidemic

Question 10

Is a substance that stimulates the body’s

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Vaccine

Question 11

Is a virus that contains RNA and uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to make DNA copy

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Retrovirus

Question 12

Is actually poisoned by oxygen

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Obligate anaerobe

Question 13

Organisms that need oxygen in their environment

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Obligate aerobes

Question 14

Are also prokaryotes that can survive whether oxygen is present in the environment or not, this type of prokaryote is called…

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Facultative aerobe

Question 15

Is a small piece of genetic material

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Plasmid

Question 16

Is a long, whiplike structure outside of a cell.

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Flagellum

Question 17

One process, prokaryotes can exchange parts of their chromosomes.

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Conjugation

Question 18

A specialized cell with a thick, protective wall.

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Endospore

Question 19

Is an infectious particle made only of a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.

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Virus