| Question | Answer |
| how are viruses, bacteria, and parasites alike? | They can infect a host and cause disease.
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What is a major difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? | An epidemic affects fewer people than a pandemic.
| Several people contract the same flu-like symptoms in a particular city. Other cases with the same symptoms show up across the state but the concentration remains localized in a few original cities. Some cases turn up elsewhere in the nation but doesn’t catch on everywhere. In the cities where the flu-like symptoms rate remains more than you would expect to normally see would be an example of an epidemic. How could this scenario turn into a pandemic? | It could spread to more people or to more locations.
| Are viruses living or non-living? | non-living
| What kind of cells are bacteria? | prokaryotic
| What are viruses composed of (give 2) | DNA/RNA and a protein coat
| What do viruses need to reproduce? | A host cell
| What generally happens to a host cell after a virus uses its enzymes and organelles to reproduce? | dies
| List 3 ways viruses can be transmitted. | human contact, insect bite, water
| What is used to prevent viruses? | vaccines
| What kind of cells are bacteria? | prokaryotic
| Why are bacteria so prolific? | Because they can live in a variety of places, including extreme environments
| A bacterial population can double very quickly, what makes this possible? | Bacteria reproduce using binary fission.
| What is used to treat bacterial infections? | antibiotics
| What is the problem that we are having with the overuse of antibiotics? | Overuse is causing antibiotic resistance.
| Are fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic? | eukaryotic
| What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? | eukaryotic have membrane bound organelles which prokaryotic do not.
| Fungi reproduce both asexually and sexually, describe the advantages of both types of reproduction. | asexually offers quick, one individual and sexual offers genetic recombination which offers adaptations to the environment
| Other than attacking us directly, what other hazards do fungi cause humans (minimum 2)? | attack our food source and mold spore allergies
| What is a parasite? | an organism that feeds on another individual
| Give an example of how a parasite is specifically adapted to its host. | the tapeworm does not have an intestinal track
| How are an epidemic and a pandemic different? | An epidemic is not as widespread as a pandemic. An epidemic also affects less individuals than a pandemic. |
