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viruses and bacteria
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antibiotic | a chemical that can kill bacteria without harming a person`s cells |
| antibiotic resistance | the ability of bacteria to withstand the effects of an antibiotic |
| asexual reproduction | a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| bacteria | single-celled organism that lack a nucleus |
| bateriophage | a virus that infects bacteria |
| binary fission | a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells |
| conjugation | the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to anothe unicellular organism |
| cytoplasm | the region of a cell located inside the cell membrane or between the cell membrane and nucleus |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down chemicals from the dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water |
| endospore | a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell |
| flagellum | a long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move |
| host | an organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable envirment for a virus or another organism to live |
| parasite | an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
| respiration | the procces of breaking down food to release its energy |
| sexual reproduction | a reproductive procces that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents |
| vaccine | a substance introduced into the body to simulate the production of chemicals that desroy specific disease-causing viruses and organisms |
| virus | a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
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