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Microbiome vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antibiotics | medicine that kills the good and bad bacteria |
| Bacteria | a single celled microorganism that makes up up much of the microbiome |
| Cells | the tiny struts that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions |
| Claim | a proposed answer to a question about the natural world |
| Evidence | information about the natural world that is used to support or go against a claim |
| Infection | sickness caused by a bad microbiome |
| Microbiome | tiny living things found in and on the human body |
| Microorganism | tiny living things |
| Microscopic | to small to see with the naked eye |
| organisms | living things |
| population | a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area |
| reasoning | the process is making in the clear by connecting evidence to claim |
| scale | the relatives size of things |
| scientific Argument | a claim supported by evidence |
| Bias | in favor or against a thing in a way that is considered to be unfair |
| credibility | being trusted or believed in |
| data | facts and statistics collected |
| case study | study carefully collected data about 1 example over a period of time |