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Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dead | No longer living |
| Dormant | a state of suspended energy |
| Evidence | facts indicating truth |
| Habitat | natural home or environment |
| Living | being alive |
| Nonliving | never being alive |
| Organism | individual living thing |
| Compound Microscope | microscope with two lens system, a stage, a light, and focusing system |
| Field of View | circle of light looking through a microscope |
| Magnification | degree that something can be magnified |
| Magnify | make something appear larger than it is |
| Power | how much larger a lens can make an image appear |
| Scale | proportional size of magnified image compared to original |
| Logy | The study of |
| Micro | Small, tiny |
| Omni | All |
| Multi | Many |
| Pod/Ped | Foot |
| Chlor | Green |
| Uni | One |
| Asexual | create genetically identical offspring from single parent |
| Reproduction Cell | cell responsible for sending DNA to next generation |
| Cell Membrane | boundary between a cell and the environment |
| Cell Structure | tissue or organ made up of different but related parts |
| Cell Wall | semirigid structure surrounding a plant, fungi, or bacteria cell |
| Chlorophyll | green pigment that makes sugars during photosynthesis |
| Chloroplast | organelle containing chlorophyll in a plant cell |
| Cytoplasm | All of the inside of the cell except for the nucleus |
| Vacuole | storage tank for water and other molecules |
| Dormancy | when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped |
| Elodea | aquatic plant |
| Mitochondria | power-house of the cell, provides energy |
| Multicellular | made from more than one cell |
| Nucleus | brain of the cell, contains chromosomes |
| Organelle | membrane bound structure inside eukaryotic cells that perform functions |
| Paramecium | protist with a cilia that lives in fresh water |
| Unicellular | made up of one cell |
| Organism | individual living thing |
| Protist | unicellular eukaryote |
| Atom | smallest unit of matter |
| Bacterium | microscopic, single-celled organism without a nucleus and organelles (prokaryotic) |
| Classification | organizing organisms into groups based on similar characteristics |
| Colony | group of organisms of one species |
| Decomposer | breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil |
| Culture | growth of organisms on a prepared material (mold on bread) |
| Domain | highest order of life classification |
| E. Coli | bacteria found in lower intestines |
| Eukaryote | organism made of cells with a nucleus and organelles |
| Fungus | eukaryotic organism (mold, mushroom) |
| Microorganism | so small a microscope is needed to see |
| Molecule | particle made of two or more smaller particles held together by a chemical bond |
| Stimuli | thing or event that creates a reaction in an organ or tissue |
| Plasmid | circular piece of genetic material |
| Prokaryote | single-celled organism with no nucleus or organelles |
| Spore | reproductive cell that can give rise to a new individual |
| Robert Hook | saw "cork" cells under a compound microscope |
| Cell Theory | all things are made of cells, cells are building block of life, all cells come from cells |
| Cell | basic unit of life, building block |
| Tissue | a group of similar cells working together |
| Organ | a group of tissues working together |
| Organ System | a group of organs working together |
| Organism | all organs working together |
| Eu | well, good |
| Sym | together |
| Herb | plant, grass |
| Photo | light |
| Cell | small room |
| Scop | look, see |
| Phyll | leaf |
| Pseudo | false |
| Carn | meat |
| Chrom | color |
| Kary | cell nucleus |
| Classification | organizing organisms into groups of similar characteristics |
| Domain | highest order of life classification |
| Kingdom | Linnaeus established this most general level of organization |
| Phylum | groups of CLASSES with shared characteristics |
| Class | members share a common structure (several orders) |
| Order | share common structure and traits (several families) |
| Family | share common characteristics (several genera) |
| Genus | common characteristics, structures, and organization (several species) |
| Species | similar organisms that can reproduce together |
| Aristotle | grouped animals into "generas" based of physical characteristics |
| Linneaus | Father of Taxonomy |
| Diversity | having different forms, ideas, types, etc.... |
| Fungi | eukaryote including mushrooms, molds, and yeasts |
| Absorption | one thing absorbs others or is absorbed by others |
| Decomposer | organisms that break down dead material |
| Hyphae | white roots that help fungi get food |
| Vertebrate | animals with a spine (backbone) |
| Invertebrate | animals that do NOT have a spine (backbone) |
| Binomial Nomenclature | formal system of naming organisms |
| Taxonomy | study of how things are classified |
| Protist | unicellular eukaryotic organism |
| Euglena | plant-like protist with a flagellum |
| Paramecium | animal-like protist with cilia and 2 nuclei |
| Amoeba | animal-like protist with pseudopods |
| Photosynthesis | plants using sunlight to make their food |
| Bacteria | microscopic, single-celled organism with NO nucleus (prokaryotic) |
| Archaebacteria | single-celled different from all others and can survive in extreme environments |
| Eubacteria | prokaryotic with NO nucleus (True Bacteria) |
| Virus | microscopic organism that can hurt/infect the HOST |
| Athlete's Foot | fungal infection on the feet |
| Infection | harmful microorganisms enter a body and multiply |
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