A single bacterium can produce many offspring at one time.

_ is a domain of prokaryotes that usually have a cell wall and that usually reproduce by cell division.

_ is a domain of prokaryotes that are genetically very different from bacteria and that have unique chemicals in their cell walls.

Some of the molecules in _ are not found in any other living thing.

Archaea often live where nothing else can. What are three examples of where they live?

Many bacteria are _ that get their nutrients by feeding on other organisms.

Some bacterial consumers are _, which feed on dead organisms.

Bacteria that make their own food are called _.

An _ is made up of a thick, protective coating, the bacteria's genetic material, and cytoplasm.

_ is reproduction in which one single-celled organism splits into two single-celled organisms.

At the end of binary fission, there are _ identical bacterial cells, each with identical DNA.

bacteria take up DNA from the environment

virus injects DNA into a bacterium

A plasmid is transferred from one bacterium to another when two bacteria temporarily join together during _.

Two characteristics of archaea are _ and _.

Archaea are _ similar to eukaryotes than bacteria are.

Binary fission is asexual reproduction because offspring are _ the original cell.

Viruses are living things.

A _ is a microscopic particle that cannot replicate on its own.

_ living things are made of cells that contain genetic material, protein, and other chemicals.

A _ is a living thing that a virus or parasite uses for resources or shelter.

When the cell is full of new viruses, the viruses burst out of the host cell. This step, called _, kills the host cell.

Viruses are not alive because they do not _.

A(n) _ is made of genetic material and a protein coat.

A virus needs a(n) _ to reproduce.

In the lytic cycle, the host cell