Science Vocab 2
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- host
- a living thing that provides a source of energy for a virus or an organism
- virus
- a small, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
- sexual reproduction
- invoves tow parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents
- conjugation
- one bacterium soem of its genetic material into another bacterial cell through a thin, threadlike bridge that joins the two cells
- decomposers
- orgainsms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals
- respiration
- the process of breaking down food to release its energy
- cytoplasm
- the region inside the cell membrane that contains a gel-like material
- endospore
- a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacerial cell, it contains the cells genetic material and some of its cytoplasm
- ribosomes
- chemical factories where proteins are produced
- binary fission
- a process in which one cell divides to form two identical cells
- flagellum
- a long, wiplike structure that extends from the cell membrane and passes out through the cell wall
- asexual reproduction
- a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
- prarsites
- organisms that live on or in a host and cause harm to the host
- bacteriphage
- a virus that infects bacteria, name means "bacteria eater"