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Capsid

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Protein coat

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Define

Viruses

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Capsid surrounding either DNA or RNA

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Define

Pathogen

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Causes disease

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Define

Lytic cycle

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Virus attaches to cell, injects DNA or RNA and cell breaks; viruses attach to new cells

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Define

Lysogenic cycle

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Virus attaches to cell, injects DNA or RNA and goes through either lytic cycle or collects in body and waits

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Define

Viral disease

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Diseases caused by viruses

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Define

Influenza

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Infects cells in upper respiratory tract and spreads

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Cancer causing

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Invades cells and causes uncontrolled reproduction

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Define

Prions

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Proteins with no DNA or RNA (causes mad cow)

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Define

Viroid

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Single strand of RNA with no capsid infects and destroys plants

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What do viruses lack

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Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane

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What infects the brains of cows and causes mad cow disease

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Prions

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What are viruses that infect and destroy plants

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Viroids

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What are emerging viruses

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New viruses, reintroduced viruses, viruses that relocated

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What life functions do viruses not show

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Growth, metabolism, homeostasis

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The word virus comes from the Latin word meaning

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Poison

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Proteins causing other proteins to fold and cause which diseases

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Mad cow and creutzfeld Jacobs

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In which cycle can viruses remain in the body for extended periods of time

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Lysogenic

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In which cycle is the host cell always destroyed

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Lytic

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Why must viruses rely on host cells for reproduction

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Viruses can’t make proteins or metabolize

20
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Define

Bacillus

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Rod shaped bacteria

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Define

Coccus

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Round shaped bacteria

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Define

Spirillum

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Spiral shaped bacteria

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Conjunction

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Share a nucleus and split- simplest form of reproduction

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Define

Autotrophic

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Make energy from inorganic substances

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Define

Heterotrophic

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Main decomposers- can’t make their own food

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Define

Chemoautotrophic

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Make energy by removing electrons from inorganic substances

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Define

Anaerobic

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Without oxygen

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Define

Aerobic

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With oxygen

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Define

Antibiotic

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Chemicals that fight off bacteria

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Why is gram staining helpful

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Identify bacteria and determine which antibiotics to use

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How does conjugation help with the evolution of the species

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Changes DNA

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Are all bacteria destroyed by antibiotics

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No

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What organisms are thought to have created the earths’ oxygen

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Cyanobacteria

34
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How fast can bacteria double in population

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20 minutes

35
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What bacteria causes strep throat

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Streptococcus

36
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What bacteria commonly causes food poisoning

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Botulinum

37
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What bacterial disease destroys lung tissue

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Tuberculosis

38
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How can heterotrophic bacteria be helpful

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Because they recycle matter

39
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Without bacteria, what couldn’t humans do

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Digest food
Grow plants
Make cheese

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