Unit 3 Test Study Guide
Microbiology & Biotechnology
1.
What is microbiology?
2.
What is a virus?
3.
What are the 3 main parts of a virus? (the structure)
4.
Why are viruses not classified as living?
5.
How can viruses be treated?
6.
List 3 examples of viruses.
7.
What is a host cell?
8.
What happens to the host cell after the virus uses it?
9.
What is a vaccine?
10. What are bacteria?
11. Describe the structure of bacteria (pro/eukaryotic?
Living/nonliving?)
12. How are bacterial infections treated?
13. Define and draw cocci, bascilli, and spirilla:
14. What are fungi?
15. How are fungi beneficial?
16. How do fungi harm humans?
17. What environment do fungi thrive in?
18. What is a parasite?
19. Describe an example of a parasitic relationship.
20. Compare and contrast viruses and bacteria. How are
the alike AND different?
21. How do bacteria reproduce?
22. What type of cells are WE made up of?
23. How are viruses transmitted?
24. How can we protect ourselves from getting a virus?
25. What is antibiotic resistance? How does this affect
humans?
26. What is a vector? List 3 examples of vectors.
27. What is a pandemic?
28. What is an epidemic?
29. What is an outbreak?
30. Compare and contrast pandemics with epidemics.
31. How can we prepare for a pandemic?
32. What is biotechnology?
33. How has biotechnology affected NC?
34. What are the three branches of biotechnology?
35. List three careers associated with biotechnology.
36. What are some of the controversial topics in
biotechnology?
Unit 3 Test Study Guide
Microbiology & Biotechnology
1.
What is microbiology?
2.
What is a virus?
3.
What are the 3 main parts of a virus? (the structure)
4.
Why are viruses not classified as living?
5.
How can viruses be treated?
6.
List 3 examples of viruses.
7.
What is a host cell?
8.
What happens to the host cell after the virus uses it?
9.
What is a vaccine?
10. What are bacteria?
11. Describe the structure of bacteria (pro/eukaryotic?
Living/nonliving?)
12. How are bacterial infections treated?
13. Define and draw cocci, bascilli, and spirilla:
14. What are fungi?
15. How are fungi beneficial?
16. How do fungi harm humans?
17. What environment do fungi thrive in?
18. What is a parasite?
19. Describe an example of a parasitic relationship.
20. Compare and contrast viruses and bacteria. How are
the alike AND different?
21. How do bacteria reproduce?
22. What type of cells are WE made up of?
23. How are viruses transmitted?
24. How can we protect ourselves from getting a virus?
25. What is antibiotic resistance? How does this affect
humans?
26. What is a vector? List 3 examples of vectors.
27. What is a pandemic?
28. What is an epidemic?
29. What is an outbreak?
30. Compare and contrast pandemics with epidemics.
31. How can we prepare for a pandemic?
32. What is biotechnology?
33. How has biotechnology affected NC?
34. What are the three branches of biotechnology?
35. List three careers associated with biotechnology.
36. What are some of the controversial topics in
biotechnology?