Protects the virus and helps it attach to a host cell
What is the purpose of the virus's protein coat?
food production
food digestion
decomposers
How are bacteria helpful to humans?
not a type of fungus, but it can look like a mold.
What is slime mold?
treatment for a fungal infection (like athlete's foot)
What is an anti-fungal?
What is fungi?
They do not have the characteristics of living things (cannot reproduce or move without a host, no nucleus or other organelles)
What aren't virus's considered living?
What is nutrient agar?
Helps protists to move about their environment.
What is a flagellum?
Fungi are an example; they cannot make their own food.
What is a heterotroph?
What is a virus? (extra 300 pts if you wrote: What is a bacteriophage?)
something that makes fighting viruses difficult because they are frequently changing.
What is a mutation?
Lives in extreme environments like glaciers, volcanoes, and hot springs.
What is archaebacteria
What are eukaryotes?
What is decomposer?
What is a dinoflagellate?
A period of time when a virus is not currently infecting a host.
What is dormancy?
A species of bacteria that can cause strep throat.
What is streptococcus?
Animal-like protist
What is a protozoan?
Inventor of bacteria killing fungus called penicillin.
Who was Alexander Fleming?
What is cyanobacteria?
a preventative treatment for viral infections
What is a vaccine?
This type of cell lacks a nucleus
What is a prokaryote?
a plant-like protist
What is algae?
How do fungi reproduce?