Chapter 7 Vocabulary Review

2. a tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
7. a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food
9. a reproductive process that invovles only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
10. an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water
12. a close relationship between organisms of two species in which both organisms benefit
13. the organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on
14. a "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans
15. a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent

1. a eukaryotic organism that cnnot be classified as an animal, plant or fungus
3. a close relationship between two organisms of different species that benefits at least one of the organisms
4. a reproductive process that invovles two parents and that combines their genetic material to produce a new organism
5. a virus that infects bacteria
6. a process of heating food to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria wihout changing the taste of the food
8. the organism that benefits by living on or in a host in a parasitism interaction
11. the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of it's genetic material to another unicellular organism