Bacteria and Viruses vocab
Across
- 3. Prevents cell from drying out, helps it attatch to places, and shelters cell from antibiotics
- 7. Division of a cell into two genetically identical cells
- 9. Help a cell survive in harsh environments such as extreme heat or cold, dehydration, or large amounts of ultraviolet radiation
- 10. Prokaryotic organisms that live in very extreme environments. They include thermoacidophiles and halophiles
- 12. A virus infects a cell, then replicates new virus particles and then releases in order to infect more cell
Down
- 1. Harmless bacteria that are important and prevent diseases in the body
- 2. Changes or random errors in a DNA sequence that lead to new forms of a gene
- 4. Hairlike structures made of protein
- 5. Carry out photosynthesis similar to plants. Live in areas with light.
- 6. Nonliving strand of genetic material that are the smallest disease-causing structure
- 8. Prokaryotic organisms that live in nearly every environment except for extreme conditions
- 11. A bacteria that lives inside the intestines. It makes vitamin k which helps the body with blood clotting.