Biology key terms

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What is a pathogen
A pathogen is a microbe that causes disease
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How do viruses make one feel ill?
Viruses invade body cells and burst them
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How do bacteria make one feel ill?
Release toxins which poison the body and reproduce rapidly.
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What is a vaccine
A vaccine is weak or dead form of a pathogen which is inserted into the body for immunity to that pathogen.
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Name two types of cell that help the immune system
lymphocytes and phagocytes
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