Micro - Ch 1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Microbe | microorganisms |
| Microorganism | A living organism to small to be seen with the naked eye; includes bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and microscopic algae; also includes viruses. |
| Pathogen | A disease-causing organism |
| Unicellular | single-celled organism |
| Eubacteria | The domain of germs |
| Bacteria | Domain of prokaryotic organisms, characterized by peptidoglycan cell walls; bacterium (singular) when referring to a single organism. |
| Prokaryotes | A cell whose genetic material is not enclosed in a nuclear envelope |
| Archaea | Domain of prokaryotic cells lacking peptidoglycan; one of the three domains |
| Fungi | An organism that belongs to the kingdom fungi; a eukaryotic absorptive chemoheterotroph. |
| Eukaryotes | A cell having DNA inside a distant membrane-enclosed nucleus. |
| Protozoa | Unicellular, eukaryotic microbes. Protozoa move by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia. |
| Algae | Photosynthetic eukaryotes with wide variety of shapes and both sexual and asexual reproductive forms. |
| Virus | A sub-microscope, parasitic, filterable agent consisting of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat. |
| Multicellular animal parasites | The principal groups of multicellular animal parasites are flatworms and roundworms, collectively called helminths. |
| Helminths | Are the two major groups of parasitic worms (flatworms and the round worm) |
| Biogenesis | The theory that all living cells arise only from preexisting cells. |
| Spontaneous generation | The hypothetical process that some forms of life could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter. |
| Infections Disease | A disease in which pathogens envade a susceptible host and carry out at least part of their cell cycle in the host. |
| Germ theory of disease | The possibility that microorganisms might have similar relationships with plants and animals - specifically, that microorganisms might cause disease. |
| Koch's Postulates | Criteria used to determine the causative agent of infectious diseases. |
| Pasteurization | The process of mild heating to kill particular spoilage microorganisms or pathogens. |
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