Bacteria and Viruses vocab

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