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Bio Ch 4
virus and bacteria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antibiotic | is chemical substance that kill or slow the growth of bacteria |
| Asexual Reproduction | is the reproducing of a living thing from only 1 parent |
| Bacteria | is very small one-celled monerans |
| Biotechnology | is the use of living things to solve practical problems |
| Blue - green bacteria | is small, one-celled monerans that contain chlorophyll and can make their own food |
| Capsule | is a sticky outer layer produced by bacteria |
| Colony | a group of similar cells growing next to each other that do not depend on each other |
| Communicable disease | those that can be passed from one organism to another |
| Decomposer | living things that get their food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals |
| Endospore | a thick wall structure that forms inside a bacterial cell |
| Fission | the process of one organism dividing into two organisms |
| Flagellum | a whip-like thread used for movement by bacteria |
| Host | an organism that provides food for a parasite |
| Interferon | is a chemical substance that interferes with the way viruses reproduce |
| Koch’s Postulates | steps for providing that a disease is caused by a certain microscopic organism |
| Parasite | in organism that lives in or on another living thing and gets food from it |
| Pasteurization | the process of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria |
| Saprophytes | organisms that use dead materials for food |
| Vaccines | substances made from weakened or dead virus that protect you against certain diseases |
| Virus | a chromosome like part surrounded by a protein coat |