Keeping Healthy Flashcards
Agar
The nutrients jelly on which many microorganism are cultured.
Malnourished
The conditions when the body does not get a balanced diet.
Antibiotic
Drug that destroys bacteria inside the body without damaging Han cells.
Bacteria
Single-celled microorganisms that can reproduce very rapidly. Many bacteria are useful, for example, gut bacteria and decomposing bacteria, but some cause disease.
Culture medium
A substance contains the nutrients needed for microorganisms to grow.
Epidemic
When more cases of infectious disease are recorded than would normally be expected.
Immune system
The body system which recognises and destroys foreign cells or pretend such as invading pathogens.
Immunisation
Giving a vaccine that allows immunity to develop without exposure to the disease itself.
Infectious disease
Disease which can be passed from one individual to another.
Inherited
Passed on from parents to their offspring through genes.
Mass
The quantity of matter in an object; a measure of the difficulty of changing the motion of an object( in kilograms, Kg)
Metabolic rate
The rate at which the reaction of your body take place, particularly cellular respiration.
Microorganism
Bacteria, viruses and other organisms that can only be seen using a microscope.
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. An antibiotic-resistance bacterium.
Natural selection
The process by which evolution takes place. Organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support so only those which are most suited to their environment- the ‘fittest’- will survive to breed and pass on their useful characteristics
