BACTERIA AND VIRUSES WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF

BACTERIA AND VIRUSES

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF LIVING THINGS? • PLANTS • ANIMALS • FUNGI • BACTERIA

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF NON-LIVING THINGS? • WATER • A RADIO • A CHAIR • A PENCIL

DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU WERE SICK AND HOW IT WAS TREATED. • SOMETIMES MEDICINE IS GIVEN, OTHER TIMES IT IS NOT • DEPENDS ON THE KIND OF ILLNESS

WHY SHOULD YOU COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE? • INFECTIONS CAN BE SPREAD EASILY THROUGH SALIVA AND MUCOUS

WHY SHOULD YOU STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK? • TO PREVENT SPREADING THE VIRUS OR BACTERIA TO OTHERS

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT YOURSELF FROM GETTING SICK? • WASH YOUR HANDS • KILLS BACTERIA AND VIRUSES

WATCH: BACTERIA AND VIRUSES VIDEO

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING IS LIVING OR NON-LIVING? • LIVING THINGS MUST TAKE IN NUTRIENTS, HAVE GENETIC MATERIAL, AND REPRODUCE

WHAT IS A COMMON WAY THAT BACTERIA AND VIRUSES ARE SPREAD? • BY TOUCH

WHERE CAN YOU FIND BACTERIA? • EVERYWHERE

WHY DON’T DOCTORS GIVE ANTIBIOTICS FOR VIRAL INFECTIONS? • ANTIBIOTICS ONLY KILL BACTERIA, NOT VIRUSES

WHY ARE VIRUSES CONSIDERED NON-LIVING? • THEY DO NOT TAKE IN NUTRIENTS • THEY DO NOT REPRODUCE ON THEIR OWN • THEY NEED A HOST

IF VIRUSES ARE NON-LIVING, HOW DO THEY REPRODUCE? • THEY HIJACK CELLS • CREATE A COPY OF THEMSELVES USING THE CELL • COPIES INFECT OTHER CELLS