Topic 2-cellular Proccesses Flashcards
1
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What is a pathogen
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A disease causing microorganism
2
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Pathogens may include …
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Fungi, bacteria, protoctists or viruses
3
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Viruses are living or not living
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Non living organisms
4
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Viruses are parasitic which means? And they infect
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They can only reproduce inside living cells, they infect every type of living organism
5
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Cellular structure?
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No cellular structure but have a protein coat and contain one type of nucleic acid
6
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What nucleic acid can viruses contain?
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DNA or RNA
7
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Examples of viruses 2x
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HIV which causes aids
Influenza virus which causes flu
