Download Vocabulary Assignment Unit 09

Vocabulary Assignment for Unit 9
1. Taxonomy
2. Binomial Nomenclature
3. Capsid
4. Bacteriophage
5. Lytic Infection
6. Lysogenic Infection
7. Retrovirus
8. Pathogen
9. Bacillus
10. Coccus
11. Spirillum
12. Binary Fission
13. Endospore
14. Nitrogen Fixation
15. Antibiotic
16. Pseudopod
17. Cilium
18. Flagella
19. Contractile Vacuole
20. Chitin
21. Hyphae
22. Mycelium
23. Fruiting Body
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Definitions
a. Viral infection that attacks the host cell quickly
b. Bacteria shaped in microscopic spirals
c. Small hair-like movement structures used by unicellular organisms
d. Field of biology dedicated to classifying organisms
e. Reproductive part of the fungus; part you most often see
f. Tail-like movement structure used by unicellular organisms
g. Virus with RNA has its genetic material
h. Small fibers that make up the bulk of a fungus’ body
i. Term for a microbe that causes disease
j. Virus that only infects bacteria
k. Portion of a fungus that obtains food and nutrients
l. A strong, durable structure some bacteria can make to survive unfavorable conditions
m. Viral infection in which the viral DNA is inserted into the host chromosome and waits for
favorable conditions to attack
n. Two name naming system; uses genus and species names to develop a scientific name
o. Carbohydrate found in the cell wall of fungi
p. Chemicals, originally isolated from fungi, that kill bacteria; can be used as a medicine
q. Rod-shaped bacteria
r. Cell structure in freshwater protists that pushes out excess water to maintain homeostasis
s. ‘False feet’; blob arms made by cytoplasmic streaming
t. Spherical shaped bacteria
u. Important ecological job of bacteria, taking nitrogen from the air and putting it into soil
v. Cell division in which bacteria (and some protists) divide into two identical cells
w. Protein coat wrapped around a virus