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- Protist
- a eukaryotic that cannot be classified as an animal,plant or fungus
- Algal Bloom
- the rapid growth of a population of algae
- Spore
- a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism
- Lichen
- the combination of a fungus and either an algae or an autotophic bacteriun that live together in a mutualistic relationship
- Pseudopod
- a "flase foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans
- Conjugation
- the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism
- Fruiting Body
- the reproductive structures of a fungus that contians many hypae and produces spores
- Bacteriophae
- a virus that infects bacteria
- Flagellum
- a long whiplike structure that helps a cell move
- Bacteria
- single-cell organism that lack a nuclues;prokaryotes
- Hyphae
- the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi
- Host
- an organism that provides a source of energy or a suitible enviroment for a virus or another organism to live
- Fungi
- a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, and uses spores to reproduc, and it is also a hetertroph that feeds by absorbing its food
- Binary Fisssion
- a form of asxeul reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells
- Decomposer
- an organism that breaks down chemicals from dead organisms and returns important materials to the soil and water
- Virus
- a tiny nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living thing
- Cilia
- the hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner
- Eutrophication
- the buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leadsto an increase in the growth of algae
- Algae
- a plantlike algae
- Infectious Disease
- an illness that can pass from one organism to another
- Parasite
- an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host
- Antibiotic Resisistance
- the abilty of bacteria to withstand the effects of antibiotic
- Protozoan
- an animal-like protist
- Vaccine
- a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific disease-causeing viruses and organisms
- Antibiotic
- a chemical that can kill bacteria with out harming a person's cell
- Pasteurization
- a processs of heating food at a temperature where it is high enough to kill most harmful bateria without changing the taste of the food
- Red Tide
- an algal bloom that occurs in salt water
- Budding
- a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of a parent