Science Exam 2
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- HIV Infection
- can lead to AIDS, which attacks the immune system, allowing th affected person to die of another disease. is a latent virus
- Symptoms
- signs of an illness
- Electron Microscope
- Can magnify up to 1,000,000 times, needed to see a virus
- Steps to Classification System
- 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5.family 6. genus 7. species
- Skin
- the Barrier that prevent pathogens form entering the body
- Edward Jenner
- developedthe 1st vaccine
- Aristotle
- Greek philosopher who developed the1st system of classification
- Scientific name for man
- Homo sapien
- Latent Virus
- hodes inside the host cell & can be dorment for months or years before it begins to reprodce
- Hydrophobia
- the scientific name for rabies
- Symptoms Of Rabies
- hallucanating, biting, drooling, choking at hte sight of water, muscle spasms, death
- CDC
- Center for Disease Control. HQ in Atlanta Georgia
- Enzymes
- a type of protein that regulated nearly all chemical reations in cells
- Taxonomy
- the science of classifying and naming living things
- Hydorchloric Acid
- kills bacteria on hte food and helps digest food
- Incubation Stage
- time b/w initial infection and appearence of hte 1st symptoms
- Rabid
- infected with rabies
- Vaccines
- Made from weakened /damaged virus particles. provide an active immunity. Stimulate the body to produce anti-bodies w/o getting the virus
- Epidemic
- a disease outbreak affecting many people
- Why do biologists consider Viruses Non-living
- they can't carry out all 7 life functions
- Active Virus
- begin to reproduce as soon as it enters a cell
- AIDS
- Aquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome. Has no cure, but several medicines are used to treat it
- DNA
- deoxy ribonucleic acid
- Influenza
- a virus that attacks the respitory system. there is a vaccine for it. pandemic in 1918
- Viruses
- Microscopic particle that con infect all living things.electron microscope needed to see them
- Endemic
- a disease that occurs regularly among groups of people
- Classify
- to group according to similatites
- Hippocrates
- Greek physican who laid the groundwork for more scientific aproach to health and disease
- Robert Koch
- developed a way to isolate& grow 1 typpe of bacteria at a time
- Polio
- attals the nervous system, causing you to become paralyzed.the dreaded killer of the19th century
- Linneaus
- developed binomal nomenclature, a 2 word naming system. divided alll organisms into 7 groups
- Small pox Vaccine
- 1st vaccine developed by Edward Janner in1796
- Transmission
- how disease is spread from one infected organism or environment to another organism
- WHO
- World Health Organization. eliminated Smallpox& polio
- Pandemic
- an epidemic on more than 1 continent
- Louis Pasteur
- developed pasteuerization. proved that bacteria causes disease
- Phylogeny
- the evolutionary history of an orgainism or how it has changed over time
- Mumps
- attacks the salivery tissue and causes them to swell. there is a vaccine
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- A scientific name is made up of...
- the genus and the species
- Immune System
- Complex group of defences that protect the body against pathegens.
- Dichotomous Key
- a detailed ist of identifying characteristics that includes scientific names