| A | B |
| respiration | The process of breaking down food to release it's energy. |
| endospore | small, rounded thick-walled resting cell that forms inside a bacteria cell. |
| cocci bacteria | spherical shaped bacteria. |
| bacilli bacteria | rod shaped bacteria. |
| spirilla bacteria | spiral shaped bacteria. |
| colony | large group of bacteria, may be able to be seen with out a microscope. |
| pathogenic bacteria | bacteria that produce diseases. |
| aerobes | bacteria that live in high concentration of oxygen. |
| anaerobes | bacteria that live in low concentration of oygen. |
| cytoplasm | region of a cell, gel-like material, inside the cellmembrane. |
| binnary fission | a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells. |
| decomposer | an organ that breaks down large chemicals from dead organs. |