Sur 101 Unit 3

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Aerobe

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Microorganism that requires oxygen to live

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Allergen

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Any substance that brings on the manifestations of an allergy

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Allergy

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Abnormal hypersensitivity by an individual to one or more substances

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Anaerobe

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Microorganism that lives without oxygen

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Antibody

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Protein substance developed by the body to fight antigens

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Antigen

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A substance which includes the formation of antibodies may be introduced into the body or formed within the body

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Attenuated

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Less virulent, diluted, weakened

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Binary Fission

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Method of asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into 2 parts

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Budding

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Method of asexual reproduction in which bud like process grows form the side or end to the parent and develops into a new organism

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Communicable

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Refers to a disease capable of being transmitted more or less rapidly to other persons aka “less contagious”

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Contamination

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Transmission of microorganisms from person to person or from object to person and vice versa

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Culture

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Tissue sampling that is grown in a media under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions

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Droplet nuclei

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Very small masses of liquid carried in a spray from the nose or mouth which evaporate before setting and remains suspended in the air

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Droplets

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Very small masses of liquid carried in a spray from the nose or mouth which fall to surfaces upon expiration as liquid and which are not readily inhaled

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Endotoxins

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Bacterial toxins which are liberated only when the bacteria cell is destroyed

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Exotoxins

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Bacterial toxins which diffuse from bacterial cells into a surrounding medium

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Facultative

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Having the capability to live under certain environmental circumstances, but living under those circumstances isn’t compulsory

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Fomite

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Inanimate objects which are freshly contaminated with secretions from an infected person or carrier

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Immune

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Not susceptible or responsive to a disease or having high degree of resistance to a disease

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Immune response

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The reaction of the body to a foreign substance usually with the production of antibodies

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Immunization

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Process of rendering a patient immune

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Interferon

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An antiviral protein produced by cells infected with a virus and by T-cell lymphocytes

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Lymphocyte

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Type of WBC that assists in immunity

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Macrophage

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Type of WBC that engulfs foreign particles

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Medium

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Agent through which microorganisms are transmitted

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Microorganism

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Minute living body not perceptible to the naked eye

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Normal flora

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Microscopic plant life such as bacteria which are adapted to residing in a given area of the body during health

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Obligate

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Compulsory

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Parasite

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Organism that lives within upon or at the expense of another living organism known as the host

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Pathogen

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Disease causing microorganism

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Phagocytosis

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The act a cell engulfing a foreign particle

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Saprophyte

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Organism living on decaying or dead organic matter

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Toxin

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A poisonous substance

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Toxoid

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A toxin treated so as to destroy its toxicity, but still capable of including formation of antibodies on injection

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Vaccination

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Inoculation with a vaccine

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Vaccine

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Suspension of infectious agents given to establish resistance to an infectious disease

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Vector

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An animal, especially insect, that transmits pathogens from infected to non-infected individuals

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Virulence

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Relative poser of a pathogen to cause disease

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Asepsis

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Absence of disease causing microorganisms

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Sterile

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Free of all living microorganisms including spores

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Aeration

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The method by which ethylene oxide (a type of sterilization process) is removed from the ETO sterilized items

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How are rickettsiae transmitted to humans?

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By insects or vectors

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How do rickettsiae obtain food?

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By parasites

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T or F: rickettsiae are smaller than bacteria

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True

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T or F: rickettsiae are smaller than bacteria

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True

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What’s another name for rickettsia ricketsii?

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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T or F: humans can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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False

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What kingdom do fungi belong to?

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Plant

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Do fungi contain or lack chlorophyll?

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They lack chlorophyll

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What’s another name for athletes foot?

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Tinea pedis

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What’s another name for athletes foot?

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Tinea pedis

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What are proper growth components for fungi?

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Warmth, moisture and darkness

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Fungi can exist in 2 ways: they’re parasites or ____?

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Saprophytes

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A virus that attacks bacteria is known as a ___?

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Bacteriophages

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How are viruses transmitted?

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Direct or indirect contact

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What bodies are found in host cells of viruses?

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Inclusion bodies

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What bodies are found in host cells of viruses?

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Inclusion bodies

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What’s another name for shingles?

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Herpes zoster

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How do Protozoa reproduce?

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By binary fission

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Which protozoan disease causes a profuse foul smelling discharge in women?

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Trichomonas

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T or F: a protozoan is a plant form

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False

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What does a protozoa use for movement?

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Flagella, cilia is psuedopods

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T or F: Protozoa are microscopic

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True

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Bacteria is one of the hard microorganisms to kill because they can form ___?

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Spores

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Bacteria is one of the hard microorganisms to kill because they can form ___?

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Spores

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How do bacteria reproduce?

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By binary fission

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When bacteria are able to survive with or without oxygen they are called?

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Facultative

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What method is used to determine the types of bacteria?

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Gram stain

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Bacteria which arrange themselves in a grape like cluster are called?

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Staphylococci

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A disease causing organism

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Pathogen

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An organism that lives on dead and decaying matter

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Saprophyte

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Microorganism that live without oxygen are classified as?

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An anaerobe

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A hospital acquired infection is called?

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Nosocomial infection

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One organism is benefitted but the other is neither harmed nor benefitted

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Commensalism

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2 different organisms which live together

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Symbiosis

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A host organism relationship in which the organism benefits while harming the host in the process

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Parasitism

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Relationship of organisms in which both benefit and depend on each other for survival

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Mutualism

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Which microbe causes strep throat, scarlet fever and pneumonia?

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Which organism causes lockjaw?

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Clostridium tetani

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Which microbes cause thrush?

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Candida albicans

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Which microbe causes gas gangrene?

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Clostridium perfringens

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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What’s the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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What’s the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What area does phagocytosis occur?

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Lysosomes

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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What’s the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What area does phagocytosis occur?

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Lysosomes

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Part of the cell known for locomotion is?

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Flagella

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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What’s the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What area does phagocytosis occur?

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Lysosomes

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Part of the cell known for locomotion is?

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Flagella

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What’s the living material of the cell?

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Cytoplasm

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Which microbe causes CJ/mad cow disease?

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Prion

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What’s the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What area does phagocytosis occur?

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Lysosomes

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Part of the cell known for locomotion is?

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Flagella

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What’s the living material of the cell?

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Cytoplasm

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The ___ contains powerful chemicals to break things down

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Ribosome

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How do prokaryotic cells divide?

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By binary fission

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T or F: prokaryotic cells have a nucleus

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False

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Prokaryotic cells move by?

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Simple rotation

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Prokaryotic have __ cell walls?

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Complex

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Eukaryotic cells have ___ cell walls?

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Simple

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Eukaryotic cells divide by?

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Mitosis

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Eukaryotic cells divide by?

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Mitosis

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Eukaryotic cells move by?

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Complex wavelike motions

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The relative power to cause a disease is called?

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Virulence