Chapter 4 vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific disease- causing viruses and organisms
  2. 8. virus a virus that does not immediately become active
  3. 9. the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of it’s genetic material to another unicellular organism
  4. 10. a contagious bacterial infection infection that involves the lungs
  5. 12. disease an illness that can pass from one organism to another
  6. 13. an infection of the nervous system with potentially deadly bacteria
  7. 15. a long whip like structure that helps a cell to move
  8. 18. a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food
  9. 21. a tiny nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
  10. 22. a small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell
  11. 23. symptoms: mostly none Jaundiced (yellowing of the eyes and skin)fatigue
  12. 24. an organism that provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for a virus or another organism to live in
  13. 25. an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host
  14. 28. the region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes) contains a gel-like material and cell structures
  15. 29. an organism that breaks down chemicals from dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water
Down
  1. 1. throat a bacterial infection in the throat and tonsils
  2. 2. single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus(prokaryotes)
  3. 4. poisoning It occurs when you swallow or eat something that contains bacteria
  4. 5. a virus that infects bacteria
  5. 6. pox symptoms: fever red itchy rash/ How it spreads: contact with the rash inhaling droplets
  6. 7. reproduction a reproductive process that involves two parents that combined the genetic material to produce new organism which differs from birthparents
  7. 11. symptoms high fever sore throat headache cough/ how is spreads: contact with contaminated objects:inhaling droplets
  8. 13. a poison that can harm an organism
  9. 14. immunodeficiency syndrome symptoms weight loss chronic fatigue flavor diarrhea frequent infections
  10. 16. a tiny structure located in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are produced
  11. 17. disease a bacterial infection that is spread from a type of bite from a tick
  12. 19. residence the ability of bacteria to withstand the effects of an antibiotic
  13. 20. the process of breaking down
  14. 26. reproduction a form of reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells
  15. 27. virus after entering the cell it immediately goes into action