| A | B |
| Organism | a living thing |
| DNA | code of life |
| Mutation | copy error |
| Antiseptics | kills bacteria |
| Autotroph | an organism that obtains energy in order to make food |
| Heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food, so it must eat other organisms to obtain energy |
| Colony | a group of organisms that live together or attched |
| Nucleus | controls the cell |
| Antibiodics | a chemical that destroys or weakens harmful microorganisms |
| Antibodies | protects your body from harmful dieases |
| Virus | a disease causing particle consisting of hereditary material enclosed in a protein coat that is smaller and less complex than a cell |
| Photosynthesis | the food making process, in which light energy is used to make food from carbon dioxide and water |
| Symbiosis | a relationship in which one organism lives on, near, or inside another oganism and at least one of the organism benefits |
| Parasite | an organism that survives by living on or in a host organism, thus harming it |
| Host | a living thing that provides a home and/or food for a parasite |
| Vaccine | an injection of dead or weak viruses which will not let you get that virus |
| Monerans | tiny organisms that consist of one cell |
| Endospore | an internal resting cell on bacteria which is formed |
| Bacteria | various groups of one celled organisms, various species of which are involved in infectious dieases. |
| Evolution | gradual development of life forms from simple or low organized types consisting of a single cell |
| Immune System | protected from a disease or infection, as by inoculation |
| Disinfectant | to cleanse in order to destroy disease germs |
| Respiration | the act or process of breathing |
| Microbe | a microorganism, esp. a disease causing bacterium |