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Science 8 Chapter 2

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