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Bacteria and Viruses
Vocabulary
25
Science
7th Grade
02/14/2012

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Term
Monera
Definition
The kingdom of bacteria, now called Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
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Antibiotic
Definition
a type of medicine that is used to kill bacteria
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Cyanobacteria
Definition
bacteria that released oxygen as a waste product, helped create atmosphere
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Jenner
Definition
invented vaccine
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Stromatolite
Definition
alternating layers of fossils that prove that cyanobacteria created the atmosphere
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virus
Definition
a strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating
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latent
Definition
inactive, virus doesn't attack
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active
Definition
attacking, host cell making new viruses
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Pathogen
Definition
harmful bacteria
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bacillus
Definition
rod-shaped bacteria
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sprillum
Definition
spiral-shaped bacteria
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Coccus
Definition
sphere-shaped bacteria
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Vaccine
Definition
a type of medicine that is made of weakened virus parts that makes cells produce protective substances
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halophile
Definition
bacteria that can survive in salty environments
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methanogen
Definition
bacteria that live in methane-filled environments
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thermophile
Definition
bacteria that can live in very hot environments
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Strep
Definition
a chain of Coccus that causes strep throat
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Staph
Definition
clustered Coccus that causes skin infections
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Binary fission
Definition
when bacteria copies and divides in half to reproduce
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Conjugation
Definition
when one bacteria connects and shares genetic material with another
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Endospore
Definition
inactive form that bacteria take in extreme conditions
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Endospore
Definition
inactive form that bacteria take in extreme conditions
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antibodies
Definition
things released by the vaccine to latch on to an infectious virus and neutralize it
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immunity
Definition
no effect, cannot affect them
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Parasite
Definition
a pest, something that attacks bodily cells
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