Bacteria Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
obtains food from outside sources
A
heterotroph
2
Q
makes it’s own food
A
autotroph
3
Q
make their own food utilizing chemicals
A
chemosynthetic autotroph
4
Q
protects a bacteria cell until conditions are favorable
A
endospore
5
Q
asexual reproduction where 1 parent cell divides into 2 offspring
A
binary fission
6
Q
when 1 bacteria cell transfers genetic material to another bacteria cell
A
conjugation
7
Q
bacterial genetic material in the shape of a circle
A
plasmid
8
Q
1 parent divides into 2 new cells, new cells are genetically identical to the parent
A
asexual reproduction
9
Q
2 parents, offspring are genetically diverse
A
sexual reproduction
