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Viruses & Bacteria
Question | Answer |
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a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then multiplies inside a living cell | Virus |
organisms that live on or in a host and cause it harm | Parasites |
a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific disease-causing viruses and organisms | Vaccine |
single-celled organisms | Bacteria |
a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell | Endospore |
a process where food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food | Pasteurization |
organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into smell chemicals | Decomposers |