Unit 7 Vocab Words

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Across
  1. 4. A medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth
  2. 5. proteins that speed up chemical reactions.That can help build up or break down compounds
  3. 7. An infectious microbe consisting of a segment of either DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat
  4. 9. Temporarily inactive
  5. 10. The process by which bacteria transfer genetic material to one another through direct contact
Down
  1. 1. single-celled prokaryotes,including some that cause disease
  2. 2. Bacteria develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
  3. 3. Fission A type of asexual reproduction where one cell produces two identical daughter cells
  4. 6. Tough spore that allows bacteria to withstand freezing,drying out and heating
  5. 8. A preparation of a weakened or dead form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen