BLOCK 8: Bacteria and Viruses

Bacteria and Viruses

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Sometimes bacteria and viruses are lumped together as the "bad guys" of the microscopic world. Often that is the reality, but sometimes there are beneficial results. 

In this section you will learn the importan differences between bacteria and viruses with respect to their requirements for growth and replicaltion. You will also learn the body's primary defenses against bacterial and viral infections along with effective treatments of these infections.

The first two videos below are longer documentaries, thus rather than summarize each of them, simply WATCH the video then WRITE your overall reaction to the topics covered in the video.

The third video is shorter in length therefore go back to the normal mode of writing a summary of the video.

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LESSON 1: Bacteria

WATCH and WRITE your reactions and thoughts about this video.

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LESSON 2: Viruses

WATCH and WRITE your reactions and thoughts about this video.

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LESSON 3: Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Viruses

Term Introduction

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LESSON 4: Vocabulary

Term Introduction

After finishing the videos you should create a list of definitions of the following terms.

prokaryote
spirillum
heterotroph
virus
endosphore
retrovirus
antibiotic

bacillus
aerobe
autotroph
capsid
bacteriophage
pathogen
viroid

coccus
anaerobe
binary fission
conjugation
prophage
vaccine
prion

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LESSON 5: Learning Check

(1) Reviewing Content Quiz, p. 493, Ques. 1 - 10
(2) Standards Practice Quiz. p. 495. Ques. 1 - 11