ID Unit 3

Any microscopic organism

• pathogen

• microbe

• bacteria

• virus

Having the ability to cause disease

• microbe

• virulence

• pathogenic

• reservoir

A bacteriophage is a......

• bacteria

• virus

which of these is an example of a virulence factor?

• vaccines

• vector transmission

• producing toxins

• antibiotics

all the microorganisms in a particular environment

• microbiome

• microbiota

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the collective genes of the microorganisms in an environment

• microbiota

• microbiome

a source of a pathogen in the environment

• vector

• host

• reservoir

• microbiota

The organism actively involved in the transmission of a pathogen to a host

• vector

• reservoir

• host

• microbe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In malaria, the vector is......

• human

• mosquito

• tick

• protist

In lyme disease the reservoir is

• human

• tick

• deer

• bacteria