BIOLOGY 11 UNIT E – MICROBIOLOGY
- PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this unit, you must be able to:
- show an understanding of characteristics and functions of viruses and bacteria.
- Viruses
- evaluate the evidence used to classify viruses as living or non-living
- describe the structure of viruses
- describe viral reproduction
- evaluate the effects of viruses on humans
- Monera
- analyse monerans as a lifeform at the prokaryotic level of organization
- describe the structure and function of bacteria
- describe moneran diversity
- describe the roles and effects of bacteria
- evaluate the effectiveness of various antibiotics, disinfectants, or antiseptics on bacterial cultures
- VOCABULARY
By the end of this unit, you must be able to define the following:
| o antibody
o antigen o DNA o host cell o lymphocyte, o lysogenic cycle o lytic cycle o membranous envelope, o mucous membrane o nucleic acid core o phagocytic white blood cell o primary line of defence o protein capsid o RNA o secondary line of defence o tertiary line of defence o viral specificity o white blood cell |
o aerobic respiration
o antibiotic o antiseptic o bacteria o binary fission o classification o conjugation o disinfectant o ecological role o fermentation o motility o mutate/mutation o photosynthesis o prokaryote o resistant/resistance |
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