| A | B |
|---|
| Bacteria | Single-cell organism |
| Prokaryotes | The genetic material in their cells is not contained in the nucleus. |
| Flagellum | A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move. |
| Binary Fission | One cell divides to form two identical cells. |
| Asexual Reproduction | a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent. |
| Sexual Reproduction | Teo parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents. |
| Conjugation | One bacterium transfers some genetic material to another bacterium through a threadlike bridge. |
| Endospore | A small rounded thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals. |
| Fungi | Eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that feed by absorbing their food, and use spores to reproduce. |
| Hyphae | are the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi. |
| Budding | Yeast cells that undergo a form of asexual reproduction. |
| Lichen | Consists of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship. |
