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Lance's bio. vocab.
Lance Jenkins and his amazing vocabulary words. Woot woot!
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| radiometric | estimation of the age of an object by measuring content of certain radioactive isotopes |
| radioisotope | unstable isotope that break down and give off energy in the form of charged particles |
| half life | time it takes for one half of a given amount of a radio isotope to decay |
| microsphere | chains of amino acids can gather into tiny droplets |
| fossil | preserved or mineralized remains |
| cyanobacteria | phytosynthesis prokaryotes |
| eubacteria | prokaryotes that contain a chemical called peptidoalycan |
| archbacteria | prokaryotes taht lack petidoglycan in their cell walls and have unique lipids in cell membranes |
| endosymbiosis | mitochrondria are desendants of symbiotic aerobic eubacteria and cholorplasts are the decensants of symbotic |
| protists | make up a large, varied group that includes both multicellular and unicellular organisms |
| extinction | death of all members of a species. BYE BYE DINOSAURS! |
| mass extinction | episode where a large number of species become extinct. How the dinosaurs died:( |
| mycrorhizae | symbiotic associations between fungi and the roots of plants |
| multualism | relationship between two species in which both species benefit |
| arthrodg | kind of animal with a hard outer skeleton, a segmented body |
| vertebrate | an animal with a backbone |
| continental drift | movement of earth's land masses over earth's surface through geological time. |
| Lance | An awesome dude |