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Science LS2
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Symptom | An indication in your body that you have a disease |
Gastrointestinal | Related to the stomach and intestines |
Diarrhea | Frequent and watery bowl movements |
Infection | The growth of germs in your body |
Parasite | Organism that lives and feeds either inside or attached to another organism and does harm to that organism |
Sanitation | The disposal of sewage and waste |
Hygiene | Things that people do to stay healthy |
Dehydration | A condition in which the body does not have enough fluid to function properly |
Stool | The solid waste that is produced by the body |
Antibiotic | A type of medicine that kills germs or prevents them from growing |
cell | the the structural and functional unit of all living organisms |
magnify | to make something look larger without actually increasing its size |
cell theory | a theory about the relationship between cells and living things |
organelle | a specialized structure in a cell |
nucleus | the control center of a cell |
chromosomes | contain the genetic material in a cell |
genetic material | contains the information that determines the traits of an organism |
cell membrane | surruonds the cell and protects it |
cytoplasm | the watery fluid that contains the organelles of a cell |
mitochondria | provide the cell with energy |
cell respiration | the process in which food and water are converted into energy |
chloroplast | organelle that contains green pigment |
chlorophyll | a green pigment |
photosynthesis | the process in which plants turn light into energy |
cell wall | protects and supports the plant cell |
compound light microscope | a microscope that has more than one lens and uses light to form an image |
field of view | circle of light you see when you look through a microscope |
diameter | the length through the middle of a circle |
ratio | a comparison of 2 numbers |