Chapter 7 and 8 Vocabulary

2. the science of classifying organisms.
6. immunity when a significant part of the population is immune to a certain disease, either vaccinated or otherwise.
7. Chemical that kill or inhibit bacterial growth.
10. an organism capable of making its own food from inorganic material, such as photosynthesis.
12. A specific protein, carbohydrate, or other foreign object that elicits an immune response.
13. An organism that is too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope.
15. the growth of an organism toward a stimulus.
17. cell a type of cell that has a membrane-bound nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
18. a network of hyphae making up the fungal body.
19. the plant vascular tissue that carries water from the roots up throughout the plant.

1. a single-celled organism made of a very simple cell, not containing membrane bound organelles or a nucleus.
3. the plant vascular tissue that carries organic nutrients throughout the plant.
4. an organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
5. the threadlike filaments formed from many fungal cells.
8. the process by which water moves though plants as a result of evaporation and the cohesive and adhesive properties of water.
9. a virus that infects bacterial cells
11. a type of organism that is composed of a single eukaryotic cell.
14. a type of fungi that has a mutualistic relationship with plant roots.
16. Protein produced by immune cells in response to a specific antigen.