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30 Cards in this Set
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Gametes
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Sex cells, have half the # of chromosomes.
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Glycolysis
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1st step in breaking glucose molecule apart to create ATP.
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Cellular Respiration
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Breaking glucose down to form ATP using pyruvic acid.
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Homeostasis
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Balancing of nutrients and water in a cell, creating internal stability.
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Virus
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A particle that consists of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein shell. Not considered living. Not cells.
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Ribonucleic acid
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Is used to for protein synthesis.
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Prokaryotes
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Unicellular organism that lack a true nucleus and organelles. Bacteria are prokaryotes.
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Disease
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Any change that disrupts body functions.
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Noninfectious Disease
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inherited, not passed from person to person.
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Pathogen
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Any microbe that causes disease
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Infectious disease
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Disease that is caused by a pathogen.
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Contagions
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Disease that is spread from one organism to another.
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Viral Replication
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Virus infects a cell and reproduces more viruses.
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Lysogenic cycle
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Virus adds its DNA to the host DNA and is passed on as the cell reproduces.
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Lytic cycle
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Virus attacks cell and creates new DNA for viruses in cell. Cell will burst, or lyse, and release more viruses into the host.
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Mutagen
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Anything that can change the DNA of an organism.
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Parasite
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Organism that derives its nourishment from tissue of another organism.
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Vector
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Organism that helps spread disease.
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Carrier
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An organism that is infected with the disease and can transmit the microbe to another living thing, even if the organism does not show signs of infection.
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Contagious Diseases
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Disease that can be spread from one person to another.
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Active Immunity
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Exposure to a pathogen to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies.
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Antibody
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Chemical that helps the body destroy pathogens.
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Vaccine
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Fragment of the pathogen that is introduced to the body to help the immune system fight disease.
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Passive Immunity
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Transferring antibodies from one organism to another organism.
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Antimicrobial product
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substance that will kill disease before they can enter your body.
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Antibiotics
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Drugs that kill bacteria.
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Antibiotic resistance
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When bacteria develop a tolerance to antibiotics.
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Microbiologist
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Studies microbes.
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Biotechnology
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Use of living organisms/DNA to produce products used by humans.
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Killer T- Cells
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White blood cells that attack and destroy invading microbes
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