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Coach Gibbs
Chapter 7.2 Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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Bacteria | Are prokaryotes, the genetic material in their cells are not contained in a nucleus. |
Flagellum | A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move. |
Binary Fission | When one cell divides to form two identical cells. |
Asexual Reproduction | A reproductive system that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent. |
Sexual Reproduction | When two parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differ from both parents. |
Conjugation | Wen one bacterium transfers some genetic material to another bacterium through a threadlike bridge. |
Endospore | A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cells that forms inside a bacterial cell. |
Pasteurization | Is when the food is heated to a temp. that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food. |
Decomposers | Organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals. |