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WHS Bacteria/Viruses
Bacteria Viruses immune system
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Biology
9th Grade
09/01/2009

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What is the basic structure of a Virus?
Definition
A protein coat surrounding DNA or RNA.
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What do viruses need to reproduce?
Definition
a host cell
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Lytic Virus life cycle
Definition
immediately infect the host cell;cause host to reproduce the virus, and makes the host sick
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lysogenic virus life cycle
Definition
can lay dormant in the cell; people may not get sick for years until the virus moves into the lytic phase
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What structures do all cells have?
Definition
ribosomes, DNA, cytoplasm, and cell membranes
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What organelles do plants have that animals don't have?
Definition
cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplasts
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What type of cell are bacteria?
Definition
Prokaryotic cells
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What type of organisms have eukaryotic cells?
Definition
plants, animals, fungi, protozoa
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What cell strucutre do bacteria and plants have that animals don't have?
Definition
cell walls
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Which cells have true nuclei and membrane bound organelles?
Definition
Eurkaryotic cells
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When did the first prokaryotic cells evolve?
Definition
3.6 billion years ago
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What does Host Specific mean?
Definition
Can only infect certain hosts and certain cells in the host.
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What are some characteristics of bacteria?
Definition
Unicellular, reproduce asexually-binary fission, circular DNA, Divided based on cell wall
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How do bacteria reproduce?
Definition
Asexually- Binary Fission
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Binary fission
Definition
bacteria reproduce through fission or "splitting in half"
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Conjugation
Definition
bacteria transfer dna to each other through the pili or bridges
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Transduction
Definition
a virus (bacteriophage) injects dna into a bacteria
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Transformation
Definition
Bacteria pick up external dna from the environment
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Pathogen
Definition
agent that causes disease and in turn an immune response (bacteria, virus, fungus...)
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Antigen
Definition
Foreign particle that causes an immune response
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Nonspecific Defense
Definition
Identity of the pathogen/antigen is not important, the response is the same no matter what the invading organism (bacteria, fungi,virus) is.
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Nonspecific defense: first line of defense
Definition
Skin, mucus membranes prevent pathogen from getting into cells
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Nonspecific defense: second line of defense
Definition
Inflammation, Temperature rises, blood goes to area, macrophages attack antigen/pathogen
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Specific Defense: third line of defense
Definition
Identity of the pathogen/antigen must be learned and perfect antibody made for this specific invader
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Primary Immune response
Definition
A specific defense that occurs when the body has never encountered the pathogen/antigen before. A pathogen must first be identified and then specific antibodies and MEMORY cells are made. It takes longer than the Secondary Immune Response
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Secondary Immune Response
Definition
Specific Defense. The next time that an agent invades, MEMORY cells identify the invader (first 6 steps are skippied) and antibodies/macrophages are released after the invader. Much faster than a Primary Immune Response
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How do antibodies work?
Definition
They bind to the exterior of specific pathogen and inactivate them or flag them for destruction by macrophages.
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How do Vaccines work?
Definition
Made up of weakened viral particles. A small number of antibodies are produced. When a real viral invasion happens, you already have the memory cells and antibodies to defeat it.
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Pathogen
Definition
a disease-causing agent
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B Cells
Definition
white blood cell that makes antibodies that labels pathogens for destruction by macrophages and sticks pathogens together
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Cytotoxic T cells
Definition
The white blood cells puncture the cell membranes of infected cells to destroy them
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Macrophages
Definition
large white blood cell that engulfs or eats pathogens
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Nonspecific Defense
Definition
Body's first defense against invading organisms (skin, mucus membranes) and inflammatory response.
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Vaccines
Definition
substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduced into a body to produce immunity
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This diagram shows the lytic cycle
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This diagram shows the lysogenic cycle
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This is a prokaryote or bacteria.
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Cell wall
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Cytoplasm
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Conjugation
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Transformation
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DNA
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Ribosome
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This is a virus.
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The first hump is the primary response to an infection.
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Definition
The second hump shows a secondary response to a pathogen. It is stronger and quicker b/c memory cells and antibodies already exist that know what the virus "looks" like.
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