Cells
the 3 parts of the cell
What is the cell membrane, the nucleus, and, between the two, the cytoplasm.
DNA stands for
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid
Bacteria is plural for
What is Bacterium
genes are
What is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.
What is a living thing that is so small it must be viewed with a microscope
Cells divide because
What is your body to grow and for body tissue such as skin to continuously renew itself
DNA is
what is the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.
Bacteria are
What are microbes with a cell structure simpler than that of many other organisms
you get ____ genes from your parents
what is 23 genes from each parent
The study of micro-organisms
Cells are made of
What is water, inorganic ions, and carbon-containing (organic) molecules.
DNA does
What is DNA contains the instructions needed for an organism to develop, survive and reproduce
Viruses are
What is an infectious microbe
Genes are diffrent than DNA because
What is Genes are made of DNA while DNA is the building blocks of genes.
4 types of Micro-organisms
What is Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, and Protists
Cells provide
What is provide structure and function for all living things, from microorganisms to humans.
a strand of DNA is
What is two long polynucleotide chains composed of four types of nucleotide subunits.
a host is
What is a specific organism or taxonomic group of organisms that are susceptible to be infected by a virus
Genes can change into cancer if
What are Genetic changes can lead to cancer if they alter the way your cells grow and spread
Micro-organisms can be seen with
2 kinds of Cells are
What is prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.
What is nucleotides
Viruses replicate by
What is Viruses releases and replicate its genome in a host.
What is a random error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21
What is the collection of all microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their genes, that naturally live on our bodies and inside us.