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Bacteria Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Bacteria | Prokaryotic, which have genetic material in their cells and does not contain a nucleus |
Cytoplasm | The thick liquid inside a cell membrane for Prokayotes but for Eukaryotes its between the nucleus and the cell membrane |
Ribosomes | Located in the cytoplasm, they are tiny structures that are chemical factories where proteins are produced |
Flagellum | May be in a bacterial cell, it is a long whip like structure that helps the cell to move |
Cellular respiration | The process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |
Binary Fission | A form of asexual reproduction on which one cell divides forming to identical cells |
Conjugation | A form of sexual reproduction in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism |
Endospore | A structure produced by prokaryotic, such as bacteria, in unfavorable conditions; a thick wall encloses the DNA and some of the cytoplasm |
Pasteurization | A process of heating food in a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food |
Decomposer | An organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms, and returns raw materials to soil and water |