miércoles, 27 de abril de 2011

Vocabulary No.4

1.   Virus: A chromosome- like part sorrounded by a protein coat. 


2.   Host: An organism that provides food for a parasite.

3.   Parasite: An organism that lives in or on another living thing and gets food from it.


4.   Interferon: A chemical subdtance that interfers with the way viruses reproduce.


5.   Vaccines: Substance made from weakened or dead viruses that protect you againstcerytain disesease.


6.   Bacteria: Very small, one- celled moneras.


7.   Colony: A group of similar cell growing next to each other that do not depened on each other.

8.   Capsule: A stick outer layer produce by bacteria. 


9.   Flagellum: A wiplike thread used for movement by bacteria.

10.         Fission: The process of one organism dividing into two organism.

11.         Asexual reproduction: The reproduction of a living thing from only one parent.

12.         Endospore: A thick- walled structure that forms inside a bacterial cell.


13.         Saprophytes: Organism that used dead materials for food.

14.         Decomposers: Living thing that get their food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals. 

15.         Koch’s postulates: Steps for proving that a disease is caused by a certainmicropicorganism.

16.         Communicable diseases: Ones that can be passed from one organism to another.

17.         Antibiotics: chemical substances that kill or slow the growth of bacteria.

18.         Biotechology: The use of living things to solve practical  problems.

19.         Pasteurization: The process of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria.

20.         Blue-green bacteria: Smalled one- celled moneras that contains chlorophill and make their own food.







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