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MooPink: Bacteria to Plants Chapter 2 Terms & Roots
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| Virus | A small, nonliving particle that invades and reproduces inside a living cell. |
| Host | An organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for another organism to live (like a virus) |
| Parasite | An organism that livies on or in a host and causes harm to the host |
| Bacteriophage | A virus that infects and attacks bacteria |
| Cytoplasm | The region inside of a cell that contains a gel-like substance where organelles are found |
| Ribosome | A tiny structure located in the cyctoplasm of the cell where protiens are made |
| Flagellum | A long, whiplike structure that extends out through the cell membrane and cell wall, used for movement |
| Binary fission | A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells |
| Asexual reproduction | The reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| Sexual reproduction | The reproductive process between two parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism |
| Conjugation | The process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism |
| Cellular Respiration | The process of breaking down food in a cell to release its energy |
| Endospore | A small, rounded, thick-walled, dormant cell that forms inside a bacterial cell, used to maintain viability when conditions in the environment become to harsh for existance |
| Demomposer | An organism that breaks down large chemicals from dead organisms into small chemicals and returns important usable materials to the soil and water |
| Infectious disease | An illness that can pass from one organism to another |
| Toxin | A poison that can harm an organism |
| Antibiotic | A chemical that can kill bacteria without harming the host organism's cells |
| Vaccine | A substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses, bacteria, or other disease causing organisms |
| Viro/virul/virus | a poison, a stench |
| Para | beside, beyond, near |
| Parasit (-i,-o) | near food, eat at another's table |
| Bacter | a rod or staff |
| Phage | Eat |
| Cyto | a hollow place, a cell |
| Plasm (-a,-ato,-o) | something molded or modeled |
| Fiss (-i,-ur) | a cleft, a split |
| Flagell | a whip |
| A | not, without, together |
| Con/Com | with, together |
| Jug | a yoke |
| -tion/sion | the act of |
| Spir | breathe, a spiral or coil |
| Re | again, back |
| Endo | within, inner |
| Exo | out, outside, without |
| Spor | a seed |
| De | from,down or out |
| Posit | placed |
| Toxic | a posion, arrow poison |
| Anti | against, opposite |
| -ic/-id | a condition of |
| vacc | a cow |
| vaccin | of a cow |
| Nano | one billionth |
| Micro | one millionth |
| Milli | one thousandth |
| Centi | one hundredth |
| Deci | one tenth |
| Deka/Deca | ten |
| Kilo | one thousand |
| Mega | one million |
| Giga | one billion |
| Uni | one |
| Multi | many |
| Homo | same |
| Hetero | other |
| Pod | foot |
| Pseudo | false |
| Sym/Syn | together |
| Plic | a fold or braid |
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