Life Science Vocab Test

Specifically designed medicines that kill and prevent the growth of bacteria

• Antibiotics

• Vaccinations

• Tylenol

• Host

One of the three taxonomic domains: a highly diverse group of single-celled, prokaryotic organisms.

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• Protist

• Virus

A disorder in an organism that produces adverse effects and is not a result of physical injury; can be identified by specific signs or symptoms and can affect one or more parts of the organism.

• Disease

• Pathogen

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a particular area at a particular time

• Disease

• Pathogen

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

Hetertropic eukaryotes that reproduce through asexual spores, break down dead materials, and can spread disease

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• Virus

• Protist

An organism within or upon which another organism feeds or resides

• Disease

• Pathogen

• Parasite

• Host

A widespread infectious disease that affects a whole country, multiple countries or the whole world; starts as an epidemic that was not contained and stopped

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Virus

• Pathogen

An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and derives nourshiment from it, resulting in harm to the host organism

• Parasite

• Host

• Pathogen

• Disease

A mircoorganism or virus that can cause disease

• Host

• Parasite

• Pathogen

• Disease

An injection of a killed or weakened pathogen that helps build an organism's immune system against specific diseases

• Pathogen

• Virus

• Vaccine

• Antibiotics