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bio/ living things
Dhahran Word Study 6th grade F bio-
| Words | Definitions | Sentences |
|---|---|---|
| biology | the scientific study of living organisms | When you study the ____ of a frog, you learn that they have many of the same internal organs that we have. |
| biography | an account of a person's life | I once read a ____ on Malcolm X, and I learned a lot about his life. |
| biome | a major ecological, having distinctive climate, plants, animals, and other living organisms | Brine shrimp live in a salt water ____. |
| biodegrade | break down (a detergent, etc.) by the action of bacteria or other organisms | It's good for the environment to use products that ____, because they're easier to break down. |
| biodiversity | a wide variety of different species living together in one place | When I went to the Galapagos Islands,I noticed the wide ____ of all the animals. |
| biopsy | the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body | My cousin went to the doctor to have a skin ____ done to find out if she had skin cancer. |
| bioactivity | any effect on, interaction with, or response from living tissue | DNA analysis helps scientists make ____ studies of families. |
| bioassay | determination of the biological activity or potency of a substance, as a vitamin or hormone, by testing its effect on the growth of an organism | My favorite ____ wrote a book on Anne Frank. |