microorganisms Flashcards
1
Q
Obtains food from other sources
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Heterotroph
2
Q
Make its own food
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Autotroph
3
Q
Makes its own food using a chemical reaction
A
Chemosynthetic autotroph
4
Q
Protects bacteria until conditions are favorable
A
Endospore
5
Q
Binary fission
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Method of asexual reproduction - one parent divides into two daughters
6
Q
One bacteria transfers genetic material to another bacteria
A
Conjugation
7
Q
Bacterial genetic material in the shape of a circle
A
Plasmid
8
Q
1 parent,splits into 2 cells genetically identical cells
A
Asexual reproduction
9
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