The flashcards below were created by user
narasha
on FreezingBlue Flashcards.
-
Numerically Speaking, _______ are the most dominant form of life on Earth.
Microbes
-
_______ may have been the first form of life on Earth.
Microbes
-
Microbes _____, _____, & _______ ecological balance.
-
Without microbes all other ____________.
______forms of life would cease to exist.
-
Microbes live in _________.
_____ diverse and sometimes extreme environments.
-
Microbes have many processes in common ____________.
______ with other forms of life.
-
Some microbes exhibit unique ______ & _______ processes.
-
Microbes may be _________ or _________ cells.
-
______, _____, and ______ are the smallest microbes and are _________.
- Prions; viroids; viruses
- Acellular
-
Bacteria represent the major group of _________.
Prokaryotes
-
One bacterium can multiply into ______ bacteria in ______ hours.
-
The humban body contains more ________ cells than _______ cells.
-
Microbes account for about _____ % of our body weight.
10
-
One square centimeter of human skin may contain _____ microbes.
100,000 microbes
-
The number of _____ bacteria that will live in your intestines during your liftime will outnumber all _______________.
- E. coli
- humans who have ever lived on Earth
-
In ______, who lost mmore troops to microbes than to the Russian Army.
-
The fraction of microbes that cause _____ is far less than the fraction of __________________.
- disease
- humans that commit first degree murder
-
Microbes either ________ produce ______ useful to humans or can be ______ _____ to produce them.
- naturally
- products
- genetically engineered
-
Microbes are very useful in _______ _______.
Biological Research
-
Many people will ____ & _____ without knowing that microbes exist.
-
|
|