Bacteria vocab Flashcards

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1
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Obtains food from other sources

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Heterotroph

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2
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Make its own food

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Autotroph

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3
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Make its own food using chemical reaction

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Chemosymthetic autroph

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4
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Protects bacteria until conditions are favorable

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Endospore

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5
Q

Method of asexual reproduction

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Binary fission

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6
Q

1 bacteria transfers genetic material to another bacteria

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Conjugation

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7
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Genetic material in the shape of a circle

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Plasmid

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8
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1 parent, genetically identical cells

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Asexual reproduction

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9
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2 parents create offspring

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Sexual reproduction

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