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Bacteria Terms
| Bacteria | Bacteria are prokaryotes. The genetic material in their cells is not contained in a nucleus. |
| Cytoplasm | Inside of the cell membrane. Contains a gel-like fluid that moves structures throughout the cell. |
| Ribosomes | Located in the cytoplasm. Chemical factories where proteins are produced. |
| Flagellum | A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move. |
| How do bacteria get food? | Either making food or eating other organisms. |
| Do they reproduce sexually or asexually? | Both |
| Cellular Respiration | The process of breaking down food to release energy. |
| Binary Fission | One cell divides to form two identical cells. |
| Conjugation | One bacterium transfers some of is genetic material into another bacterium through a thin, threadlike bridge. |
| Endospore | rounded, thick-walled resting cell that forms inside of a bacterium. |
| Bacteria are involved in oxygen and food production, in health maintenance and medicine production, and in environmental cleanup and recycling: True or False | True |
| Pasteurization | The food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria, without changing the taste of the food. |
| Decomposers | Organsims that break down large, complex chemicals in dead organisms into small, simple chemicals. |