Science Ch. 1Vocab. Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Microorganisms | Very small organisms |
Bianary Fission | how some single-celled organisms reproduce |
Kingdoms | What scientists divide the organisms the identify into groups are called |
Virus | Genetic marterial enclosed in a protein shell |
Bacteria | The simplest kind of life known on Earth |
Archea | A type of single-celled organism that can survive in a large range of temperatures |
Methanogens | Live in the mud of swamps, marshes, and in the guts of animals like cows and termites. Will die if exposed to oxygen take their name from methan, the natural gas they produce. |
Halophines | Can survive drying and can divide after being put back in the water. Live in salty lakes and ponds. Some halophines can die without the water they live in being salty enough |
Thermophiles | Can survive drying and can divide after being put back in the water. Cold places include being buried meters deep in ice.Hot places they can be found in include geysers, hot springs, and hot vents under the sea |
Producers | Bacteria that transforms energy from sunlight into energy that can be used by cells. This type of bacteria is food for other organisms that can't make their own food. |
Decomposers | Get energy by breaking down dead or decaying organisms.Help other organisms reuse materials found in decaying matter. |
Parasites | Organisms that harm their host.Some parasites don't have an effect on their host organisms or host cells |
Spiral, Rods, and Round | These are a the types or the shape of all different types of bacteria |
Host Cell | The cell that a virus invades to create more copies of itself |
Capsid | The outer layer of the virus that protects the genetic material and gives a virus its shape |
Attatchment | The bacteriphage virus attaches to a bacterium |
Injection | The virus injects its DNA into the host cell |
Production | 's DNA and produce the parts dof new viruses.The viral DNA uses the host cell's machinery to break down the host cell |
Assembly | The parts assemble into new viruses. |
Release | The host cell breaks apart and new viruses that are able to infect other host cells are released. |
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