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Microbiology Review

Quiz by Denice Manning

Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study

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Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study

8.L.1.1

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  • Q1
    A branch of biology dealing especially with microscopic forms of life (as bacteria, protozoans, viruses, and fungi).
    Microbiology
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    8.L.1.1
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  • Q2
    Any microscopic organism. Mainly viruses, bacteria, protists, some fungi, and even some tiny multi-cellular organisms.
    Microbes
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  • Q3
    Diseases that are caused by infecting organisms; they can be passed from person to person
    Infectious Diseases
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  • Q4
    Microbes that cause disease
    Pathogens
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  • Q5
    single-celled spherical or spiral or rod-shaped prokaryotic organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce asexually by fission
    Bacteria
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  • Q6
    Non living particles composed of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and a protein coat. They reproduce by invading healthy cells and using the enzymes and organelles of the healthy cell. This usually results in the death of the host cell.
    Virus
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  • Q7
    A kingdom made up of non photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce by using spores, and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients. Most are multicellular and reproduce both sexually and asexually.
    Fungi
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  • Q8
    An organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host
    Parasite
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  • Q9
    Plant like protists that grow in soil, on trees and on the bodies of turtles and frogs; smallest of all green plants
    Algae
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  • Q10
    Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria
    Antibiotics
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  • Q11
    helps fight viruses
    Anti-viral
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  • Q12
    injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity
    Vaccination
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  • Q13
    the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact
    Contagion
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  • Q14
    Animal that transports a pathogen to a human
    Vector
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  • Q15
    animal-like protists that are single-celled consumers
    Protozoa
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  • Q16
    does not show the disease symptoms, but can pass on the disease-causing allele to its offspring
    Carrier
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  • Q17
    the cells that viruses infect in order to make copies
    Host Cells
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  • Q18
    An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
    Decomposer
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  • Q19
    Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents
    Antibodies
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  • Q20
    Blood cells that perform the function of destroying disease-causing microorganisms
    White Blood Cells
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