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viruses chapter 7
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell | virus |
| the organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on | host |
| the organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a parasitism interaction | parasite |
| a virus that infects bacteria | bacteriophage |
| a substance used in a vaccination that consists of weakened or killed pathogens that can trigger the immune system into action | vaccine |
| single celled organisms that lack a nucleus, prokaryotes | bacteria |
| a long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move | flagellum |
| a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells | binary fission |
| a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent | asexual reproduction |
| a reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents | sexual reproduction |
| the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism | conjugation |
| a small, rounded, thick walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell | endospore |
| a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food | pasturization |
| an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water | decomposer |
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