CENTRO BILINGÜE VISTA LEGRE

HIGH SCHOOL SECTION

SCIENCE CLASS WORK 1

APPRECIATION EVALUATION 3

VIRUSES AND BACTERIA

NAME: Cesar De La Rosa Date: April 26th, 2021 POINTS: 25

I. Defining Virus and characteristics. 5 POINTS

1. What is a virus?
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of
an organism. Viruses infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to
microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.

2. Write 3 characterestics of viruses.

- Non living structures.

- Non-cellular.
- Contain a protein coat called the capsid.Defining Bacteria and characteristics. 5 POINTS

1. What is bacteria?
Bacteria are single celled microbes. The cell structure is simpler than that of other
organisms as there is no nucleus or membrane bound organelles. Instead their control
centre containing the genetic information is contained in a single loop of DNA.

2. Write three characteristics of bacteria.

- lack of membrane-bound organelles

- unicellular
- small (usually microscopic) size.

II. Viral and Bacterial Diseases. 15 POINTS

Fill the chart below with the right information. Classify diseases into viral or bacterial, write
their characteristics, how they are transmitted, prevention and treatment.
1. HIV
2. Herpes
3. Tuberculosis
4. Gonorrhea
5. Helicobacter Pylori
6. Influenza
Viral disease and Causes (How does Symptoms Prevention Treatment Image of the
Bacterial Disease it enter to the disease.
body?

1. HIV HIV infection is Fever. You can use HIV medicine

caused by the Chills. strategies such is called
human Rash. as abstinence antiretroviral
immunodeficiency Night sweats. (not having therapy
virus. You can get Muscle aches. sex), never (ART).
HIV from contact Sore throat. sharing There is no
with infected Fatigue. needles, and effective
blood, semen, or Swollen lymph using condoms cure for HIV.
vaginal fluids. Most nodes. the right way But with
people get the every time you proper
virus by having have sex. medical care,
unprotected sex you can
with someone who control HIV.
has HIV. Most people
can get the
virus under
control
within six
months.
2. Herpes Herpes simplex burning when Always use No drug can
viruses spread from you pee if your latex condoms get rid of the
person to person urine touches and dental herpes virus.
through close the herpes dams when However, a
contact. You can sores. you have oral, doctor may
get a herpes having trouble anal, or prescribe an
simplex virus from peeing vaginal sex. antiviral
touching a herpes because the Talk to your medication,
sore. Most people, sores and doctor about such as
however, get swelling are taking herpes acyclovir, to
herpes simplex blocking your medications prevent the
from an infected urethra. every day, virus from
person who does itching. which can multiplying.
not have sores. lower your
chances of
transmitting
the infection.
3. Influenza The flu is caused by fever* or Influenza is Taking
influenza viruses feeling the only antiviral
that infect the feverish/chills. respiratory drugs early is
nose, throat, and cough. virus especially
lungs. These sore throat. preventable important
viruses spread runny or stuffy by vaccination. for people
when people with nose. Wash hands who are at
flu cough, sneeze muscle or by washing high risk for
or talk, sending body aches. with soap and flu
droplets with the headaches. water or use complication
virus into the air hand sanitizer. s, such as the
and potentially into Cover Your elderly or
the mouths or Mouth and people with
noses of people Nose with a compromise
who are nearby. tissue when d immune
you cough or systems.
sneeze.
4. 1.Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is A cough that Take all of If you have
caused by a type of lasts more your an active TB
bacterium called than three medicines as disease you
Mycobacterium weeks. they're will probably
tuberculosis. It's Loss of prescribed, be treated
spread when a appetite and until your with a
person with active unintentional doctor takes combination
TB disease in their weight loss. you off them. of
lungs coughs or Fever. Keep all your antibacterial
sneezes and Chills. doctor medications
someone else Night sweats. appointments. for a period
inhales the Always cover of six to 12
expelled droplets, your mouth months.
which contain TB with a tissue
bacteria. when you
cough or
sneeze. ...
Wash your
hands after
coughing or
sneezing.
5. 2.Gonorrhea caused by infection Typical Abstaining Adults with
with the Neisseria symptoms of from sex is the gonorrhea
gonorrhoeae gonorrhoea surest way to are treated
bacterium. N. include a thick prevent with
gonorrhoeae green or gonorrhea. antibiotics.
infects the mucous yellow But if you Due to
membranes of the discharge from choose to emerging
reproductive tract, the vagina or have sex, use a strains of
including the penis, pain condom drug-
cervix, uterus, and when peeing during any resistant
fallopian tubes in and, in type of sexual Neisseria
women, and the women, contact gonorrhoeae
urethra in women bleeding , the Centers
and men. between for Disease
periods. Control and
Prevention
6. Helicobacter You can get H. abdominal Wash your H. pylori
Pylori pylori from food, pain, hands after eradication is
water, or utensils. nausea and you use the the standard
It's more common vomiting that bathroom and triple
in countries or may include before you therapy
communities that vomiting prepare or eat using a
lack clean water or blood, food. Teach proton pump
good sewage passing dark your children inhibitor or
systems. You can or tarry-like to do the ranitidine
also pick up the stools, same. bismuth
bacteria through fatigue, Avoid food or citrate,
contact with the low red blood water that’s combined
saliva or other cell count not clean. with
body fluids of (anemia), Don’t eat clarithromyci
infected people. anything that n and
isn’t cooked amoxicillin or
thoroughly. metronidazol
e.