Vocabulary
Medicines that stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria.
What is an Antibiotic?
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The breaking down of dead organisms and organic waste.
What is Decomposition?
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Exempt, free.
What is immunity?
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A change in genetic material.
What is mutation?
Some pathogens normally live in your body, but cause illness only when your immune system is...
What is weakened?
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A process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria.
What is Pasteurization?
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The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that are usable by living things.
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
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A mixture containing material from one or more deactivated pathogens.
What is a vaccine?
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Viruses must use organisms to carry on the processes that we usually associate with a living....
What is a cell?
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Random mutations occur to a bacterium's DNA that enable it to survive or..
What is resist?
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Agents that cause disease.
What are Pathogens?
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The use of organisms, such as bacteria, to clean up environmental pollution.
What is Bioremediation?
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A protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless.
What are Antibodies?
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Viruses can make copies of itself in a process called..
What is replication?
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All food, unless it has been treated or processed, contains...
What is bacteria?
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Forms when a bacterium builds a thick, internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm.
What is an Endospore?
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Some pickles are made when the sugar in cucumbers is converted into an acid by a specific type of....
What is Bacteria?
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Antibodies bind cells so they don't attach to...
What are host cells?
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All living things are organized, respond to stimuli, use energy , grow, and...
What is reproduce?
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What are antibiotics?
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Scientists are researching new ways to treat and prevent viral Diseases in humans, animals and...
What are plants?
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Bacteria are commonly used to clean up areas that have been contaminated by oil or harmful.....
What are plastics?
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One way to prevent viral diseases is through...
What is vaccination?
A virus can only attach to a host cell with specific molecules on its cell wall or cell....
What is membrane?
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Two ways for bacteria to cause disease.
What is damaging tissue and releasing toxins?
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