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Bacteria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacteria | a single-celled organisms that a nucleus; prokaryotes |
| cytoplasm | a thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane or between the cell membrane and nucleus |
| ribosome | a small grain-shaped organelle in the cytomplams of a cell that produces protenis |
| flagellum | a long whip structure that helps a 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 in which one cell divides forming two identical cells |
| conjugation | a from of sexual reprodution in which a unicelular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellualr organism |
| endospore | a structure produced by prokaryotes such as bacteria in unfavorable conditions; a thick Wall enclose the DNA and some of the cytoplasm |
| pasterurization | a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food |
| decomposer | an organsim that gets energy by breaking down wates and a dead organisms also it returns raw materials to the soil and water |