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Cells Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| function | the specialized activities performed by a system, organ, body part, object, or device |
| bacteria | single celled organism that do not have a nucleus or other membrance bound oranelles. |
| Organelles | cell structures, often surrounded by a separate membrance, that perform a specific function |
| protist | an organism made up of a single cell or many cells with a nucleus, and that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. |
| Structure | The parts of an object or system including what they are made of, their shapes and their arrangement |
| Virus | A microbe that is not made up of cells and cannot grow or reproduce outside of a living cell. |
| Matter | to describe physical substances such as the sugars in food as well as other substances like water carbon dioxide, and oxygen |
| Energy | The ability to cause an object to change, move, or do work |
| Cellular Respiration | When cells continue to break down the substances from food |
| Indicator | Chemicals that change their appearance in different types of solutions |
| Cell | The smallest structural unit enclosed by a membrance that makes up all living things |
| Germ theory of disease | the theory of certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the boy by microorganisms |
| Cell theory | All living things are made up of cells |
| Microbe | A microscopic cellular organism or virus (to small to be seen with the naked eye) |
| Vector | An organism (other than a person) that spreads disease, causing germs usually without getting sick itself |
| Multicellular | consisting many cells |
| Unicellular | made of 1 cell |
| Carrier | A person who can spread disease, This term is usually applied to people while vector is used to describe other organisms (typically animals) |
| Pattern | Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way |
| Infectious disease | A disease that is passed from one organism to another |
| Evidence | information that supports or refutes a claim |
| Trade off | A desirable outcome given up to gain another desirable outcome |