Ch 19 Vocab

Question 0

Eubacteria

Answer 0

Bacteria that is ecologically diverse in a kingdom

Question 1

Prokaryote

Answer 1

Single celled organisms that lack a nucleus

Question 2

Archaebacteria

Answer 2

Bacteria that live in extreme environments

Question 3

Bacilli

Answer 3

Rod shaped prokaryotes

Question 4

Cocci

Answer 4

Spherical prokaryotes

Question 5

Spirilla

Answer 5

Spiral and corkscrew shaped prokaryotes

Question 6

Gram staining

Answer 6

A method used to tel prokaryotes apart

Question 7

Chemoheterotrophs

Answer 7

Prokaryotes that have to take in organic molecules for both energy and supply of carbon

Question 8

Photo heterotrophs

Answer 8

Smaller group of prokaryotes that are photosynthetic. They use sunlight for energy, but also take in organic compounds as a carbon source

Question 9

Photo autotrophs

Answer 9

Prokaryotes that are autotrophs, which they use light energy to convene carbon dioxide and water to carbon compounds

Question 10

Chemo autotrophs

Answer 10

Prokaryotes that can do chemosynthesis

Question 11

Obligate aerobes

Answer 11

Bacteria that have to live with oxygen

Question 12

Obligate anaerobes

Answer 12

Bacteria that need to live without oxygen

Question 13

Facultative anaerobes

Answer 13

Bacteria that can survive with or without oxygen

Question 14

Binary fission

Answer 14

A type of reproduction that doubles in size, replicated DNA, and divides in half

Question 15

Conjugation

Answer 15

Bacteria exchanging information

Question 16

Endospore

Answer 16

Thin internal wall in bacteria that enclosed it’s DNA and a portion of it’s cytoplasm

Question 17

Rhizobium

Answer 17

Bacterium that grows in nodules or knobs on the roots of soybean plants

Question 18

Viruses

Answer 18

Particles of nucleic acid, protein, and sometimes, lipids

Question 19

Capsid

Answer 19

Virus protein

Question 20

Bacteriophage

Answer 20

Viruses that infect bacteria

Question 21

Lytic infection

Answer 21

Host cell makes copies of the virus indefinitely

Question 22

Prophage

Answer 22

Viral DNA that is embedded in the host’s DNA

Question 23

Retrovirus

Answer 23

Viruses contain RNA as their genetic information

Question 24

Pathogens

Answer 24

Disease causing agents

Question 25

Tuberculosis

Answer 25

Caused by streptococcus, bacterium destroys lung tissue

Question 26

Strep throat

Answer 26

Caused by streptococcus, bacterium releases toxin into bloodstream can cause scarlet fever

Question 27

Vaccine

Answer 27

Preparation of weakened or killed pathogens

Question 28

Antibiotics

Answer 28

Compounds that black growth and reproduction of bacteria

Question 29

Viroids

Answer 29

Single stranded RNA molecules that have no surrounding capsids

Question 30

Prions

Answer 30

Protein infectious particles