| virus | a tiny non-living particle that enters & then reproduces inside a living cell |
| algae | plant like protists are called |
| fruiting bodies | fungi produce spores in reproductive structures called |
| euglena | a ____ can use its flagellum to move towards light to make food |
| bacteria | are prokaryotes, their genetic material is not contained in a nucleus |
| contractile | the ____ vacuole is a structure that collects and expels excell water from the cell |
| cilia | ____ are hairlike structures that beat like oars to move protists through water |
| protein | all viruses have 2 basic parts: genetic material and a ____ coat that protects the virus |
| pasteurization | during ____, food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill bacteria |
| slime | ____ molds are fungus-like protists that ooze along the surfaces of decaying materials |
| downy | watermolds and ____ mildews are fungus-like protists that attack many food crops |
| protists | ____ are eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi |
| budding | unicellular yeast cells undergo a form of asexual reproduction called |
| brown | many of the organisms commonly called seaweeds are ____ algae |
| paramecium | a slipper shaped protozoan that uses cilia to move and to collect food is the |
| algins | substances called ____ are extracted from brown algae and used as thickeners in food |
| pseudopods | some protozoans move by using ____ , which are temporary bulges of the cell |
| ameoba | an example of a protozoan that moves by using pseudopods is the |
| parasite | a ____ lives in or on a host & causes it harm |
| fungi | ____ are eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that absorb their food and use spores to reproduce |
| spore | a ____ is a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| gene | during ____ therapy, a virus is used to deliver genetic material to cells that need it |
| ringworm | ____ is a circular rash on the skin caused by a fungus |
| diatoms | ____ are unicellular protists with beautiful glass-like cell walls |
| flagella | some protozoans use long whiplike ____ to move |
| binary fission | bacteria sometimes reproduce asexually by a process called |
| spherical, rodlike, or spiral | bacteria cells have one of the 3 basic shapes: |
| conjugation | sometimes bacteria reproduce sexually by a process called |
| protozoans | animal-like protists are called |
| wall | most bacterial cells are surrounded by a cell |
| decomposing | some bacteria that live in the soil are ____ organisms that break down large complex chemicals in dead organisms into small simple chemicals |
| eyespot | near its flagellum, the euglena has an ____ that contains pigments sensitive to light |
| vaccine | a ____ is a substance introduced into the body to help produce chemicals that destroy specific viruses |
| endospore | an ____ is a small, rounded thick walled resting cell that can survive harsh conditions |
| hyphae | the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| yeast | is added to bread dough to make it rise |
| host | a ____ is an organism that provides a source of energy for a virus or other organism |
