L.1.1 Vocabulary Words

a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

• Pathogen

• Immunity

• Cholera

• Host

- A retrovirus

- Reproduce by the follwoing sequence: 

- RNA → DNA → RNA → protein

• Escherichia coli (E. coli)

• Cholera 

• Nucleic acid chain

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 

- Live with or without a host 

- Treated with Antibiotics

- Reproduce asexually 

• Virus

• bActeria/bacterium 

• Fungi

• Parasite

- NONLIVING infectious agent composed of DNA or RNA inside a protein capsule/host

- Treated with Vaccine

- Invade cells 

-Small

• Virus

• bActeria/bacterium 

• Fungi

• Parasite

- Cannot make their own food

- Feed off of other organisms

- Treated with antifungal

• Virus

• bActeria/bacterium 

• Fungi

• Parasite

- Live in a host 

- Treat with antihelmintics

• Virus

• bActeria/bacterium 

• Fungi

• Parasite

- Overusing antimicrobal substances 

- Isolate a person who’s antibiotic resistant 

• Anitibody

• Antibiotic

• Antibiotic-resistant

• Vaccine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

the living human, animal or plant on which a parasite lives and feeds

• Host

• Parasite

• Microbes

• Carrier

- Main component of chromosomes and carries genetic information

- In both viruses and bacteria 

• Vector

• DNA

• RNA

• Carrier

a copy of DNA

• RNA

• DNA

• Carrier

• Host

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2