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WorksheetsMicrobiology vocab (no immune)
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 21mins
Medication that kills bacteria
antiviral
antibiotic
antiprotozoal
vaccine
Chemicals from the natural warfare between fungi and bacteria used as a medication
antiviral
antibiotic
antiprotozoal
vaccine
Any piece of foreign substance that causes an immune response
antibiotics
antivirals
antibodies
antigens
A medication that is used to treat viral infections
antibiotics
antivirals
antibodies
antigens
A rod (hot dog) shaped bacteria
coccus
bacillus
spirillus
vibrio
A circle shaped bacteria
coccus
bacillus
spirillus
vibrio
A spiral shaped bacteria
coccus
bacillus
spirillus
vibrio
Streptobacillus
a cluster of circles
a cluster of rods
a chain of circles
a chain of rods
Staphylococcus
a cluster of circles
a cluster of rods
a chain of circles
a chain of rods
Streptococcus
a cluster of circles
a cluster of rods
a chain of circles
a chain of rods
Staphylobacillus
a cluster of circles
a cluster of rods
a chain of circles
a chain of rods
Resistance of disease spread when a sufficiently high proportion of the population is immune
Acquired immunity
Passive immunity
Herd immunity
Innate immunity
When viral DNA is incorporated into host DNA and copied along with the host cell
Lytic cycle
Lysogenic cycle
innate immunity
Herd immunity
When the host cell uses its own resources to make copies of a virus until they burst out of the host cell, killing the cell and invading the host body
Lytic cycle
Lysogenic cycle
innate immunity
Herd immunity
Any microscopic living organism
pathogen
microbe
microbiome
antigen
Any microbe that causes harm
pathogen
microorganism
microbiome
antigen
The collection of all of the microbes on and in your body
pathogen
microorganism
microbiome
antigen
An infectious agent consisting of nucleic acid and protein
microbe
bacteria
virus
protozoa
Amoebas, Euglena, and Paramecium are examples of
microbe
bacteria
virus
protozoa
Medications that can be given to PREVENT disease (by activating B cells to produce antibodies)
vaccines
antibiotics
antivirals
antibodies
Another name for a microbe
microorganism
pathogen
virus
bacteria
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of bacteria
produces oxygen
decomposes
causes tetanus
helps digestion
A pair of circles
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Diplococcus
A situation when enough of a population is vaccinated to be able protect the few vulnerable unvaccinated individuals
Herd immunity
Natural immunity
Active immunity
Passive immunity
What shape is this bacteria?
Bacillus
Coccus
Spirillus
What shape is this bacteria?
Bacillus
Coccus
Spirillus
What shape is this bacteria?
Bacillus
Coccus
Spirillus
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of bacteria
produces oxygen
decomposes
causes tetanus
helps digestion
Vaccines
contain antibodies
cause your B cells to produce antibodies
can cause you to get sick
treat diseases after you have gotten sick
Fungi digest their food....
with the assistance of microbes
externally by excreting digestive enzymes and then absorbing the nutrients
by engulfing the food source
internally by producing digestive enzymes within an organelle or organ and absorbing the nutrients
This organism is unicellular, an photosynthetic autotroph, has a nucleus, and some of them can be heterotrophic. What is the classification of this organism?
Bacteria
Fungi
Viruses
Protists
Which type of microorganisms are not characterized by eukaryotic cells?
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria
Plantae
Which of the following is not a cell but can reproduce within a living cell?
bacteria
virus
alga
yeast
What is special about viruses and their host cell
viruses can attach to any type of cell
viruses are bigger than their host cells
viruses are living things
viruses can only attach to specific host cells
Why do antibiotics not work against viruses?
Viruses are to small
Viruses do not have a protein coat
Viruses do not have cells or cell organelles
Viruses are too complex
Viruses and cells both contain...
mitochondria
vacuoles
chloroplasts
nucleic acids
The projections on the surface of this virus allow the virus to...
move inside a host cell
signal other viruses to infect a host cell
control a host cell's DNA
attach to a host cell
How can vaccines prevent people from getting sick if they aren't personally vaccinated?
Herd immunity
Immunosupression
Plasmolysis
Apoptosis
