Biology Vocabulary Word Flash Cards
Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.
If you get stuck, press "mnemonic" to show an image that should help you remember.
To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, press the card to flip it.
Go through the whole list to see how many word definitions you can recall. Practise until you're confident you can recall all of them.
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Virus
an infectious agent that replicates and causes diseases only inside the living cells of an organism
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Host
a plant or animal that another plant or animal lives on or in and derives nutrients at the others expense
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Parasite
an organism that lives in or on another organism to obtain nutrients, grow and multiply
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Transmissible disease
an illness caused by a pathogen that can pass from one organism to another
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Vaccination
Artificially acquired immunity to prevent the effect of a disease by using a weakened form of it
Mnemonic
Vector (biology)
an organism that transmits/carries an infectious pathogen from one organism to another
Mnemonic
Slide (biology)
a thin, flat piece of glass used to hold a specimen for examination under a microscope
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