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Lesson 3.3
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Biology
9th Grade
11/12/2008

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Fission
Definition
The process of one organism dividing into two organisms.
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Endospore
Definition
A thick- walled structure that forms inside a bacterial cell
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Flagellum
Definition
A whip-like thread used for movement by bacteria
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Host
Definition
An organism that provides food for a parasite
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Interferon
Definition
A chemical substance that interferes with the way viruses produce
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Kochs Postulates
Definition
Steps for proving that a diseease is caused by a certain microscopic organism
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Parasite
Definition
An organism that lives in or on another living thing that gets food
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pasteurization
Definition
The process of heating milk to kill harmfull bacteria
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Saprophyte
Definition
Organisms that use dead materials for food
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Antibiotic
Definition
Chemical substances that kill or slow the growth of bacteria
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Asexual Reprroduction
Definition
The producing of a living from only one parent
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Bacteria
Definition
Very small, one-celled monerans
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Biotechnology
Definition
The use of living things to solve practical problems
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Blue-Green Bacteria
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Small, one-celled monerans that contain clorophyll and can make thier own food
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Capsule
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A sticky outer layer produced by bacteria
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Colony
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A group of similar cells growing next to each other that do not depend on each other
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Decomposer
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Living things that got thier food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals
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