Question | Answer |
host | organism that provides energy for virus or another organism |
parasite | organism that lives on or in a host and cause harm |
vaccine | substance introduced in body to help produce chemicals that destroy specific viruses |
bacteria | single celled, prokaryotes |
cytoplasm | gel-like fluid that moves structures throughout the cell |
ribosomes | produce proteins |
flagellum | long, whiplike struture that helps cell move |
cellular respiration | process of breaking down food to release energy |
binary fission | one cell divides to form two identical cells |
conjugation | form of sexual reproduction, unicellular organism transfer some genetic material to another unicellular organism |
endospore | small, rounded, thick-walled resting cell that forms inside bacterial cell |
pasteurization | food heated to temperature high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing taste of food |
decomposers | organisms that break down large, complex chemicals in dead organisms into small, simple chemicals |
fungus | eukaryotes, cell wall, heterotrophs, spores to reproduce |
hyphae | branching, threadlike tubes that make up bodies of mutlicellular fungi |
fruiting bodies | produce spores in fungi |
lichen | consists of fungus and algae that live together benefiting both |
budding | form of asexual reproduction, new organisms grows from body of parent |
protist | eukaryote, not classified as plant, animal or fungi |
protozoans | animal-like protists |
pseudopod | "false foot", temporary bulge of cell |
contractile vacuole | collects and expels excess water from cell |
cilia | hairlike projections that move organism |
algae | plant-like protist |
pigment | chemicals that produce color |
spore | tiny cell that can grow into new organism |