1. Objective: What are the similarities and differences between bacteria and viruses?

2.  Take the page and divide it into 6 equal boxes  Number the boxes Notes: Bacteria and Viruses 12 34 56

3.  Pathogen disease causing agent  Can either be a virus or bacteria!!!  In the box create a picture to help you remember that pathogens get you sick!!!

4.  Prokaryote  Has genetic material (DNA) floats in cytoplasm  Has cell wall  Has cell membrane  Has ribosomes  May have flagella to move

5.  “non-living”  has genetic material (DNA or RNA)  no nucleus  surrounded by a protein coat called a capsid  no organelles

6. Bacteria - Binary Fission: make a clone - Conjugation: tube from one bacteria inserts genes into another - Spores: tiny dormant seeds Viruses: - Have to take over another cell

7.  Antibiotic drugs: destroy the cell membrane of bacteria  Antiviral drugs: can stop transcription of viral proteins

8.  In 3 complete sentences (# and highlight your periods) Explain to someone how they can tell the difference between a bacteria and a virus?