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IMMUNE SYSTEM BENCHMARK
STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 18: Bacteria and Viruses
1. What are viruses? Where are they found?
2. How do bacteria replicate?
3. How do viruses replicate?
4. Compare/contrast bacteria vs. viruses
Chapter 34.1: Skin
1. How does skin protect you from pathogens?
Chapter 39: Immunity from Disease
1. Define the following terms:
a. Antibody
b. Antigen
c. Active immunity
d. Histamine
e. Antibiotic
f. Infectious disease
g. Phagocytosis
h. Binary fission
i. Conjugation
2. What are the steps of Koch’s postulates? Why are the postulates not applicable to viral
diseases?
3. What do pathogens produce that can injure the host?
4. What does lysozyme do? What substances contain lysozyme?
5. What is a vector? Give examples.
6. What organisms are affected by antibiotics, like penicillin?
7. What is resistance? How does resistance occur in bacteria?
8. Describe what happens during inflammation?
9. What is the purpose of having a fever?
10. What is HIV? How is HIV transmitted?
11. Why is someone with AIDS susceptible to many different infections?
12. How do you obtain passive immunity?
13. Explain what happens during active (acquired) immunity?
14. What is the function of B cells? Memory B cells?
15. What is the function of T cells?
16. What is a vaccine? What does it do?