chapter 7 bacteria and viruses

what is a bacterium?

• a facility for people with back pain.

• a whip like tail that helps bacteria move

• a microscopic prokaryote

what is conjugation?

• a process in which two bacteria attach to each other and exchange genetic material

• a microscopic prokaryote

• a group of people in a church

what are antibiotics?

• an agent that causes disease

• medicine that stops the growth and reproduction of bacteria

• a soap that cleans your hands chemically

what is bioremediation?

• the use of organisms to clean up environmental pollution

• breakdown of dead organisms

• a process that helps people with life problems

what are antibiotics?

• a change in DNA or RNA

• a secret weapon used by the CIA

• a protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless

what is immunity?

• a "get out of jail free" card

• ability of an organism to resist a virus or infection

• cell division that forms two genetically identical cells

what is an endospore?

• a form of bacterium that has a thick internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm

• microscopic prokaryote

• a breakdown of dead organisms

what is fission?

• cell division that forms two genetically identical cells

• when two things are bound together

• what happens when a carbonated soda is shook up and the lid is opened.

what is decomposition?

• the use of organisms to clean up environmental pollution

• when someone creates music and then destroys it

• the breakdown of dead organisms

what is nitrogen fixation?

• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against disease

• the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that living things can use

• the process of correcting nitrogen