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science vocab

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Virus   A tiny non-living particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.  
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Host   The organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on.  
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Parasite   The organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a parasitism interaction.  
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Bacteriophage   A virus that infects bacteria.  
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Bacteria   Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes.  
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Flagellum   a long whip-like structure that helps a cell to move  
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asexual reproduction   a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent  
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sexual reproduction   reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents  
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conjugation   the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism  
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endospore   a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell  
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pasteurization   a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food  
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decomposer   an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water  
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protist   a eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, a plant, or a fungus  
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protozoan   an animal-like protist  
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pseudopod   a "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans  
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contractile vacuole   the cell structure that collects extra water from the cytoplasm and then expels it from the cell  
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cilia   the hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner  
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symbiosis   a close relationship between two organisms of different species that benefits at least one of the organisms  
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mutualism   a close relationship between two organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit.  
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algae   plantlike protists  
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fungi   a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food  
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hyphae   the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi  
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fruiting body   the reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores  
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budding   a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent  
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lichen   the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship  
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binary fission   a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells.  
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spore   a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism.  
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