Viruses and Viral Infections
Part 1: Use the resources below to learn about Polio. Answer the questions below OR ask your own!
- What is polio?
- How has the amount of polio infections changed throughout history?
- Why do you think the amount of polio infections has changed?
Part 2: Use the resources below to learn about how the Immune System reacts to an invading virus. Then, answer the following questions.
1) Describe the following vocabulary terms AND either an image that represents the word or write the word in a sentence.
2) In your notebook, create a flowchart, step-by-step explanation, or a sequencing map that shows how antibody formation occurs. Include the following terms:
1) Describe the following vocabulary terms AND either an image that represents the word or write the word in a sentence.
- Virus
- Antigen
- Antibody
2) In your notebook, create a flowchart, step-by-step explanation, or a sequencing map that shows how antibody formation occurs. Include the following terms:
- Antigen
- Antibody
- Immune System
- Macrophage
- Pathogen