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Bacteria, Viruses, and Organisms

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Organisma living thing
DNAcode of life
Mutationcopy error
Antisepticskills bacteria
Autotrophan organism that obtains energy in order to make food
Heterotrophan organism that cannot make its own food, so it must eat other organisms to obtain energy
Colonya group of organisms that live together or attched
Nucleuscontrols the cell
Antibiodicsa chemical that destroys or weakens harmful microorganisms
Antibodiesprotects your body from harmful dieases
Virusa disease causing particle consisting of hereditary material enclosed in a protein coat that is smaller and less complex than a cell
Photosynthesisthe food making process, in which light energy is used to make food from carbon dioxide and water
Symbiosisa relationship in which one organism lives on, near, or inside another oganism and at least one of the organism benefits
Parasitean organism that survives by living on or in a host organism, thus harming it
Hosta living thing that provides a home and/or food for a parasite
Vaccinean injection of dead or weak viruses which will not let you get that virus
Moneranstiny organisms that consist of one cell
Endosporean internal resting cell on bacteria which is formed
Bacteriavarious groups of one celled organisms, various species of which are involved in infectious dieases.
Evolutiongradual development of life forms from simple or low organized types consisting of a single cell
Immune Systemprotected from a disease or infection, as by inoculation
Disinfectantto cleanse in order to destroy disease germs
Respirationthe act or process of breathing
Microbea microorganism, esp. a disease causing bacterium


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