Bacteria and Archaea Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: prokaryotes: single-celled organisms that make up domains bacteria and archaea, colonies: clusters of unicellular prokaryotes, bacilli: rod-shaped prokaryotes, plasmolysis: prokaryotes undergo _ in hypertonic environments, peptidoglycan: network of sugar polymers cross-linked by polypeptides, lipopolysaccharides: the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria contains _ , endospores: metabolically inactive bacteria that can withstand extreme conditions, pili: longer fimbriae that function to pull cells together enabling dna exchange, chemotaxis: movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus, flagella: most common structures used by prokaryotes for movement, circular: prokaryotes have a single _ chromosome, plasmids: smaller rings of independently replicating dna, fission: bacteria reproduce quickly by binary _ , transformation: prokaryotic cells incorporate foreign dna taken up from their surroundings, conjugation: dna is transferred between two prokaryotic cells.