Book 2 Chapter 2

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

A tiny nonliving particles that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell

Question 2

Host

Answer 2

An organism that provides a source of energy for a virus or another organism

Question 3

Parasite

Answer 3

An organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm

Question 4

Vaccine

Answer 4

A substance introduced in the body to help produce chemicals that destroy specific viruses

Question 5

Bacteria

Answer 5

Prokaryotes, the genetic material in their cells is not contained in a nucleus

Question 6

Cytoplasm

Answer 6

Contains a Gel like fluid that moves structures throughout the cell

Question 7

Ribosome

Answer 7

Chemical factories where proteins are produced

Question 8

Flagellum

Answer 8

A long whip like structure that helps a cell to move

Question 9

Cellular respiration

Answer 9

Breathing

Question 10

Binary fission

Answer 10

In which one cell divides to form two identical cells

Question 11

Conjugation

Answer 11

One bacterium transfers some of its genetic material into another bacterium through a thin thread like bridge

Question 12

Endospore

Answer 12

A small rounded thick-walled resting cell that forms inside of a bacterial cell

Question 13

Pasteurization

Answer 13

When the food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of food

Question 14

Decomposers

Answer 14

Organisms that breakdown large complex chemicals in dead organisms into small simple chemicals

Question 15

Protist

Answer 15

Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi

Question 16

Protozoan

Answer 16

Animal-like protists

Question 17

Pseudopods

Answer 17

Temporary bulges of the cell

Question 18

Contractile vacuole

Answer 18

A structure that collects and expels excess water from the cell

Question 19

Cilia

Answer 19

Hair like projections

Question 20

Algae

Answer 20

Plant-like protists

Question 21

Pigments

Answer 21

Chemicals that produce color

Question 22

Spore

Answer 22

A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism

Question 23

Fungus

Answer 23

Eukaryotes that have cell walls, heterotrophs, use spores to reproduce

Question 24

Hyphae

Answer 24

The branching, threadlike tubes that make up bodies of multicellular fungi

Question 25

Fruiting body

Answer 25

Reproductive structures

Question 26

Budding

Answer 26

When unicellular yeast cell reproduce asexually

Question 27

Lichen

Answer 27

Consists of fungus and and either algae or autotrophic bacteria