bacteria and Viruses

Question 1

bacterium

Answer 1

microscopic prokaryote

Question 2

conjugation

Answer 2

process in which two bacteria of the same species attach to each other and share genetic material.

Question 3

endospore

Answer 3

Form of bacterium that has a think internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm.

Question 4

fission

Answer 4

Cell division that forms two genetically identical cells

Question 5

flagellum

Answer 5

Long whiplike structure that helps some bacteria move

Question 6

antibiotic

Answer 6

medicine that stops the growth and reproduction if bacteria

Question 7

antibiotic

Answer 7

medicine that stops the growth and reproduction if bacteria

Question 8

bioremediation

Answer 8

Use of organisms to clean up environmental pullution

Question 9

decomposition

Answer 9

Breakdown of dead organisms and organic waste

Question 10

nitrogen fixation

Answer 10

conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that living things can use

Question 11

pasteurization

Answer 11

process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria

Question 12

pathogen

Answer 12

agent that causes disease(pathogen song)

Question 13

resistance

Answer 13

capacity of an organism to defend itself against disease

Question 14

antibody

Answer 14

protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless

Question 15

immunity

Answer 15

ability of an organism to resist a virus or infection

Question 16

mutation

Answer 16

change in DNA or RNA

Question 17

vaccine

Answer 17

MIxture containing material from one or more deactivated pathogens