Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Potpourri 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 A substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria is called a(n) What is a vaccine? The best treatment for an unknown viral disease is What is bed rest? Bacteria that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals are called What are decomposers? The area inside the cell membrane of a bacterium What is the cytoplasm? The chemical factories in cells that produce proteins What are ribosomes? The process in Bacteria that produces energy What is respiration? To survive in unfavorable conditions bacteria form these What are endospores? A whiplike structure that helps a bacterial cell move What is a flagellum? Found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells What is genetic material? A process that results in genetically different bacteria What is conjugation? An organism that provides energy for a virus What is a host? Bacterial diseases are often treated with this method What are antibiotics? A virus which becomes part of the host cell’s genetic material What is a hidden virus? The major component of viruses What is protein? An Illness that passes from one organism to another What are infectious diseases? Heterotrophic bacteria obtain food by consuming these What are autotrophs and other heterotrophs? A virus though nonliving harms the organism in which they multiply What is a parasite? The only characteristic that viruses share with living organisms What is multiply? A poison produced by a bacteria that can cause a disease What is a toxin? Bacteria which forms on plant roots converts this gas into compounds aiding in plant growth What is nitrogen gas? Infectious diseases are spread by contact with contaminated people and objects, with animals and What are environmental sources? A virus which infects a specific particular organism What is a bacteriophage? A bacteria that survives in the presence of an antibiotic What is an antibiotic resistant bacteria? This component of a virus allows a virus to attach to its host What are proteins? A characteristic of viruses that makes them useful in gene therapy What is their ability to enter cells?