Viruses
This term refers to the organism that a virus infects and multiplies within.
What is a host?
This term describes organisms whose genetic material is not contained in a nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
These protists are similar to animals and can move to obtain food.
What are animal-like protists (or protozoa)?
These thread-like structures make up the body of most fungi.
What are hyphae?
This term describes organisms that make their own food.
What are autotrophs?
These two basic parts make up all viruses.
What are an outer coat and inner genetic material core?
This is the primary method of reproduction for bacteria.
What is binary fission?
This structure in some protists helps regulate water content within the cell.
What is a contractile vacuole?
This reproductive structure of fungi is lightweight and easily dispersed.
What is a spore?
Bacteria and fungi play this important ecological role in breaking down dead organisms.
What are decomposers?
This medical invention helps prevent viral diseases.
What is a vaccine?
This process, named after a famous scientist, is used to kill harmful bacteria in food.
What is pasteurization?
These hair-like structures help some protists move.
What are cilia?
This symbiotic organism is composed of a fungus and an alga.
What is a lichen?
Unlike bacteria, these organisms have their genetic material enclosed in a nucleus.
What are eukaryotes?
This type of virus specifically infects bacteria.
What is a bacteriophage?
This bacterial structure helps with movement.
What is a flagellum?
This term describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two different species.
What is mutualism?
This process is how yeast reproduces asexually.
What is budding?
This term describes the relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.
What is parasitism?
The shape of Ebola virus
What is thread-like?
The shape of bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
What is spiral?
The type of protists that are mostly parasitic symbiotic relationship.
What are animal-like or protozoans?
An organelle that a fungi does not have compare to a plant.
What is a chloroplast?