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science vocab 1-5
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Term | Definition |
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organism | living things made of cells (single or multicellular) |
cells | microscopic most basic unit of living things with have boundaries and structures inside |
field of view | the amount of space you can see under a microscope |
wet mount | a slide with a cover slip held down by a liquid |
metabolism | the breakdown of food for energy |
cytoplasm | the liquid that fills the inside of the cell |
system | group of smaller parts that interact to perform a function |
input | something that is put INTO a system |
output | end result of something produced by a system |
mechanical digestion | the physical breakdown of our food into smaller pieces |
chemical digestion | food is chemically changed into a new substance. |
enzymes | Chemical that helps to digest food |
starch | complex carbohydrate |
stomach | organ in the body that mechanically digests all foods and chemically digests proteins |
protein | component of our food that gives us building materials, chemically digested in stomach |
fat | component of food that provides energy (stored), chemically digested in small intestine |
bile | acid produced by liver - dissolves fat into tiny droplets |
small intestine | organ that chemically breaks down fats and absorbs food molecules |
absorption | substance gets taken in by something else |
surface area | sum of all the faces of an object - outermost layer |
cell membrane | semi-permeable boundary; separates cell from its environment that controls what enters and leaves the cell |
diffusion | movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration |
osmosis | movement of water molecules across cell membrane: area of high concentration to low concentration |
plasma | liquid portion of the blood that carries water and glucose |
capillaries | very small arteries and veins where the exchange of important nutrients and waste occur between blood and cells |