Bacteria
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Viruses
Bacteria and viruses
More Bacteria and Viruses
100

A chemical that can kill bacteria without harming the human body is this

What is antibiotic

100
One parent reproduces offspring identical to that parent during this kind of reproduction
What is asexual
100
This is a virus which infects bacteria
What is bacteriophage
100
This part of bacteria contains a gel-like material
What is cell membrane
100

The activity of this kind of virus remains dormant for a long time (not killing the host for months or years)

What is latent virus

200

These are bacteria that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals

What are decomposers

200
Bacteria are known as this because the genetic material is not contained in a nucleus
What is prokaryotes
200
A tiny nonliving particle that enters and reproduces in a living cell is this
What is a virus
200

Viruses are classified as this because they cannot reproduce on their own.

What is non-living

200
Illnesses that pass from one organism to another are known as these
What is infectious diseases
300

Small often circular strands of DNA that are separate from the main chromosome are known as

what are plasmids

300
One bacteria divides to form two identical bacteria cell in this process
What is binary fission
300
This is an organism that provides a source of energy for a virus or another organism
What is host
300

The protein coat surrounding the RNA or DNA of a virus is called

What is a capsid

300
Bacteria are harmful because of this
What is cause disease and other harmful conditions, cause food to spoil
400
These whiplike structure helps a cell to move
What is flagellum
400
This if the process of breaking down food to release energy
What is respiration
400
This kind of virus immediately affects the host
What is active virus
400
This kind of resistance results when some bacteria are able to survive in the presence of an antibiotic
What is antibiotic resistance
400
Thiis is a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside the bacterial cell
What is an endospore
500
One bacterium transfers genetic material into another bacterial cell by this
What is conjugation
500
Tiny structures called this produce proteins
What is ribosome
500
This is an organism that lives on or in an organism and causes it harm
What is a parasite
500
Bacteria are important because of this
What is food production, environmental recycling and cleanup, oxygen and food production etc
500
Bacteria are sorrounded by this rigid structure which protects the cell
What is cell wall
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