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VOCAB - BIO
QUIZ 1/22 - Vocabulary Cards for BIO = life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antibiotic | A medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections |
| Autobiography | A piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life |
| Biography | A piece of writing about a person's life written by someone else |
| Biologist | A person who studies living things |
| Biology | The study of living things |
| Biopsy | The removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination |
| Biosphere | The zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere) |
| Macrobiotic Diet | A diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods |
| Neurobiology | The study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react |
| Symbiosis | How two different living organisms live together and depend on each other |
| Walt Disney wrote an _________________ about his extraordinary life. | Autobiography |
| A science class you will have to take is _____________ where you study living things. | Biology |
| We live in the zone called the _____________ of planet Earth. | Biosphere |
| The way we learn how living things learn and react is studying __________. | Neurobiology |
| Sometimes the doctor has to perform a ___________ where he removes some living tissue from a body to examine. | Biopsy |
| One time I wrote a _____________ about Dr. Seuss. He was a very interesting person to write about. | Biography |
| Sometimes we have to take ________________ to cure infections and get well. | Antibiotics |
| A type of scientist is called a ____________, who studies living things. | Biologist |
| Flowers and insects rely on ___________. They live together and help each other survive using pollination. | Symbiosis |
| Some people focus their eating on natural foods. This is called a ______________ ___________. | Macrobiotic Diet |