Prokaryote Vocab Flashcards
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Chloroplast
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Catches sunlight and makes it chemical energy
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Cellulose
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Polysaccharide that helps give strength
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Cell wall
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Strong supporting layer outside of some cells
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Autotroph
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Uses sun to make it’s own food
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Heterotroph
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Organism that obtains food through consuming other things
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Prokaryote
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Unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus
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Bacillus
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Rod shaped
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Coccus
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Spherical prokaryote
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Spirillium
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Spiral shape prokaryote
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Binary fission
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Asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates it’s DNA and DIVIDES in half
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Conjugation
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Process where prokaryotes exchange genetic info
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Endospore
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Structure produced by prokaryotes in unfavorable conditions ; think internal wall that in closes dna
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Levels of classification
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Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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How to remember it
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King Phillip Counted Over Four Grams Seriously
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Domain
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Bacteria, archaea, eukarya
