Vocab.- Bacteria

Question 1

Plasma Membrane

Answer 1

A special boundary that helps control what enters and leaves the cell

Question 2

Ribosomes

Answer 2

The organelles that help manufacture proteins

Question 3

Cell Wall

Answer 3

A thick, rigid, mesh of fibers that surrounds the outside of the plasma membrane, protecting the cell and giving it support.

Question 4

Flagella

Answer 4

Tail like structure on the out side of the cell wall that aids in movement

Question 5

Bacteria

Answer 5

Microscopic organisms that are prokaryotes

Question 6

Nucleoid

Answer 6

A large circular chromosome in an area of the cell

Question 7

Pili

Answer 7

Submicroscopic, hairlike structures that are made of protein

Question 8

Binary Fission

Answer 8

The division of a cell into two genetically identical cells

Question 9

Conjugation

Answer 9

Two prokaryotes attach to each other and exchange to each other and exchange genetic information

Question 10

Endospore

Answer 10

A structure produced from some types of bacteria in harsh environmental conditions