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Unit 6- Chapters 18 and 19 Flashcards

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Viruses, bacteria, viroids, and prions can all…

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…cause infection

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Virus

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An infectious particle made only of a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat

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Pathogen

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any living organism or particle that can cause an infectious disease
same as infectious agent

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Viroids

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infectious particles that cause disease in plants

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Prion

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an infectious particle made only of proteins that can cause other proteins to fold incorrectly

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Viruses differ in…

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…shape and in ways of entering host cells

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Viruses cause…

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…two types of infections

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Capsid

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a protein shell that surrounds the genetic materail in a virus

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Bacteriophages

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viruses that infect bacteria

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Lytic Infection

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an infectious pathway in which the host cell bursts, releasing thenew viral offspring intho the host’s system

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Lysogenic Infection

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

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Prophage

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the phage DNA inserted into the host cell’s DNA

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Viruses cause many…

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…infectious diseases

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Vaccinesare made from…

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…weakened pathogens

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Epidemic

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a rapid outbreak of an infection that affects many people

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Vaccine

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a substance that stimulates the body’s own immune response against invasion by microbes

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retrovirus

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

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Prokaryots are widespread…

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…on earth

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Bacteria an archaea are…

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…structually similar but have different molecular characteristics

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Bacteria have variou strategies for…

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…survival

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obligate anaerobe

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poisoned by oxygen

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obligate aerobe

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organisms that need oxygen

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faculatative aerobe

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organisms that can survive with and without oxygen

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Plasmid

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a small piece of genetic material that can replicate separately from the prokaryote’s main chromosome

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Flagellum

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a long, whip-like structure outside of a cell that is used for movement

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conjugation

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the process by which prokaryotes can exchange parts of their chromosome through a hollow bridge of pili formed to connect two or more cells

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endospore

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a specialized cell with a thick portective wall

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Prokaryotes provide…

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…nutrients to humans and other animals

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Prokaryotes play important…

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…roles in ecosystems

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bioremediation

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a process that uses microbes and other living things to break down pollutants

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some bacteria cause…

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…disease

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antibiotics are used to fight…

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…bacterial disease

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Bacteria can…

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…evolve resistance to antibiotics

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Toxin

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a poison released by an organism

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Antibiotic

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chemicals that kill or slowthe growth of bacteria

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Protists can be…

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…animal-like, plantlike, or funguslike

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Protisit are difficult to…

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…classify

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protist

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aeukaryots that is not an animal, a plant, or a fungus

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animal-like protists move in…

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…various ways

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some animal-like protists cause…

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…disease

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protozoa

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often used informally to describe the many phylaof animal-like protists
same as zooplankton

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Pseudopod

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“fake foot”

a temporary extension of cytoplasm and plasmamembrane that helps protozoa move and feed

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Cillia

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short, hairlike structures that cover some or all of cell surface and help the organism swim and capture food

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plantlike protists can be…

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…single-celled or multicellular

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Many plantlike protists can reproduce both…

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…sexually and a sexually

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algae

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photosynthetic plantlike protists

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Slime molds and water molds are…

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…funguslike protists

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Slime molds

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eukaryotic organisms that have both funguslike and animallike traits

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water molds

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funguslike protists that aremade up of branching strands of cells

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Fungi are adpadted to absorb their food from…

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…the environment

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fungi come in many…

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…shapes and sizes

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fungi reproduce…

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…sexually and asexually

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chitin

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a tough polysaccharide that is also found in the shells of insects and their close relatives

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hyphae

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bodies of multicellular fungi are made of long strands

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mycelium

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groups of hyphae in long tangles masses

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fruiting body

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a reproductive structure of a fungus that grows above ground

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Mycorrhizae

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mutualistic partnerships between fungi and the roots of certain plants

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sporangi

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spore-forming structures at thhe tips of their hyphae

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Fungi may be…

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…decomposers, pathogens, or mutalists

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fungi are studied for…

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…many purposes

61
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lichen

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a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and algae or phtosynthetic bacteria

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