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Vocab ( 30 terms )
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | The classification of organisms |
| Binomial nomenclature | The system of which 2 terms are used to denote a species of living organisms |
| Genus | Classification that is below a family and above a species level , and includes group(s) of species that structurally similar |
| Virus | A small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms |
| Pathogen | An agent causing disease or illness to its host |
| Viroid | An infectious agent that consists solely of a single strand of RNA and causes diseases in certain plants. |
| Prion | A infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid |
| Capsid | The protein shell of a virus |
| Bacteriophage | A virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it |
| Lytic infection | One of the two major bacteriophage- bacterium relationships |
| Lysogenic infection | The spread of the viral DNA occurs through the usual prokarayotic reproduction |
| Prophage | The genetic material of bacteriophage |
| Vaccine | Biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease |
| Plasmid | A genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes |
| Conjugation | Process by which 1 bacterium transfers genetic material to another through direct contact |
| Toxin | A hazardous substance produced by microorganisms , animals , insects and pants that can be harmful when inhaled |
| Antibiotic | An antimicrobial agent made from microorganisms, can kill and inhibit the growth of microorganisms |
| Protist | A eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as a plant, animal, or fungus. |
| Protozoa | Defined as a diverse a group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms |
| Chitin | Found in cell walls or certain fungi and algae |
| Gymnosperm | A vascular plant in which the seed are not enclosed by a ripened ovary |
| Angiosperm | Plants producing flowers |
| Stomata | Tiny openings that allow plants to exchange gases necessary for cellular processes such as photosynthesis |
| Vascular system | The tissues and organs of an animal that transports blood through out the body |
| Xylem | A compound tissue in vascular plants that helps provide support and that conducts water and nutrients upward from the roots |
| Phloem | Tissue in the vascular plant that conducts food from leaves and other photosynthetic tissues to other plant parts |
| Bilateral symmetry | An arrangement of an organism or part of an organism along a central axis, so that the organism or part can be divided into 2 equal halves |
| Radial symmetry | Symmetry around around a central axis, as in a starfish and tulip flower |
| Protostome | Any of a major group of animals defined by its embryonic development, in which the first opening in the embryo becomes the mouth |
| Deuterostome | A subtaxon of the bilateria branch of the subkingdom eumetezoa |
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