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Microorganisms
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Microorganisms | an organism that is too small to be seen by the naked eye. |
| Organism | living things , such as plants , animals , and bacteria. |
| scale | the relative size of things |
| cells | the tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions |
| microscopic | too small to be seen with the naked eye |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance made up of one or more atoms |
| microbiome | all of the microorganisms that live in a particular |
| claim | a proposed answer to a question about the natural world |
| evidence | information about the natural world that is used to support a claim. |
| reasoning | the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim. |
| antibiotics | medicines that kill microorganisms especially bacteria |
| bacteria | tiny organisms that are made of a single cell. |
| scientific argument | a claim supported by evidence |