| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bacteria | singled cell organisms |
| flagellum | A long, whip-like structure that that helps a cell to move. |
| asexual reproduction | A process that only involves one parent and produces offspring. |
| sexual reproduction | Two parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism. |
| conjugation | conjugation One bacterium transfers some genetic material to another bacterium through a thread-like bridge. |
| endospore | A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside the bacterial cell. |
| pasteurization | Food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food. |
| decomposers | organisms that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals. |
