Vocab
a long whiplike structure that helps a cell to move:
flagellum
fungi produce spores in reproductive structures called:
fruiting bodies
a tiny nonliving particle that invades and then multiplies inside a living cell:
virus
an important tool that helps prevent the spread of many viral diseases is:
vaccines
a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell and it has genetic material and cytoplasm:
endospore
a structure that collects the extra water and then expels it from the cell:
contractile vacuole
animal like protists:
protozoans
viruses can only multiply when:
they are inside a living cell
Bacteria are ____________- their genetic material is NOT contained by a nucleus:
prokaryotes
what are two ways to slow down food spoilage:
refrigerating and heating food
Temporary bulges of the cell that help protozoans move and feed:
pseudopods
organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals:
decomposers
a ________________ is a virus that infects bacteria
bacteriophage
Name the three basic shapes of bacteria cells:
spherical
rodlike
spiral
bacteria can be used to produce some medications, like:
insulin
plant like protists, are autotrophs, most use the sun's energy to make their own food:
algae
a living thing that provides a source of energy for a virus:
host
Viruses can be ____________ or ____________
Active or Hidden
bacteria reproduce by a process called:
binary fission
diatoms
asexual reproduction where no spores are produced, instead a small yeast cell grows from the body of a parent cell:
budding
a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism:
spore
Name one disease caused by a virus that occurs in dogs:
rabies
distemper
when bacterium transfers some genetic material to another bacterium through a threadlike bridge, then separates, it is known as:
conjugation
Name the three types of protists scientists group protists into:
animal like
plant like
fungus like