Viruses and Bacteria

4. a poison that causes a disease
6. bacteria are able to resist the effects of an antibiotic
9. bacterium transfers some of its genetic material into another bacterium through a thin, thread-like bridge
11. organism that lives in a host and causes harm
12. organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into smaller chemicals
14. food gets heated to a high enough level that the harmful bacteria gets killed
16. is an organism that provides a source of energy for a virus or another organism
17. one cell divides to form into two identical cells
19. is a virus that infects bacteria
20. the process of breaking down food to release energy

1. chemical factories where proteins are produced
2. a chemical that can kill bacteria without harming your cells
3. long whip-like structure that helps a cell move
5. two parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism
7. illnesses that pass from one organism to another
8. single celled organisms
10. a region inside the cell membrane
13. tiny,non-living particle that enters and reproduces in a cell
15. small, rounded, thick-walled resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell
18. process that involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent