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6. Name one example of a disease caused by an infectious protozoa

  • amoebic dysentery
  • impetago
  • cirriosis

7. Name a primary difference betweeen a bacterium and a virus

  • virus requires to be inside a living cell to survive
  • bacteria require a host in which to live
  • virus needs water to be transmitted and to survive

8. Until the late 1800's, life forms were thought to arise from non living matter. What was the name of thei theory.

  • Spontaneous generation
  • Koch's postulates
  • Pasteur's experiment

9. For which disease was the first vaccine released?

  • small pox
  • influenza
  • Black Plague

10. Write the definition of a prion and give one example.

  • a protozoic parasite, like malaria
  • an infective protein, like mad cow disease.
  • a single celled organism, like tuberculosis.