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Microbiome Vocab
the microbiome vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | Living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| Scale | The relative size of things |
| Bacteria | Tiny organisms that are made of the same cells |
| microorganisms | an organism too small to see with the naked eye |
| cells | tiny structure that make up all living things |
| microscopic | very tiny |
| molecules | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
| microbiome | all microorganisms that live in a particular environment |
| claim | a proposed answer to a question about the natural world |
| evidence | information about the natural world used to support or go against a claim |
| reasoning | making clear how your evidence supports your claim |
| scientific argument | a claim supported by evidence in paragraph or essay format |
| prokaryotic | smallest, simplest cells that make up single cell organism and lack a nucleus |
| eukaryotic | cells containing specialized internal organelles |
| nucleus | the control center of the cell, holds the dna |
| mitochondria | bean shaped organelle that releases energy from glucose molecules for the cell to use |
| cell membrane | barrier around the cell that controls what goes in and out of the cell |
| vacuole | large storage organelle found in plants stores water food and waste |
| chloroplast | organelles in plant cells that store chlorophyll where light energy is turned into glucose during photosynthesis |
| organelle | membrane bound structures within the cells that have specific jobs |
| cell division | when a parent cell duplicates its contents and then divides into 2 new cells |
| dna deo- acid | genetic info that is located in the nucleus and is passed from parent to offspring |
| ribosomes | organelle that make proteins for the cell |
| cytoplasm | gel like substance that fills the cell |