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microbiome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organisms | Living things, such as plants, animals, and bactiria |
| scale | the relative size of things |
| bactiria | tiny organisims that are made of a single cell |
| microorganisims | an organism too small to be observed by the naked eye |
| cells | tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions |
| micropscopic | too small to see with the naked eye |
| molecules | a group of atoms bonded together |
| microbiome | all of the microorganisims that live in a particular environment such as a human body |
| claim | a proposed awnser to a question about the natural world |
| evidence | information about the natural world that is used to support ro go against a claim |
| reasoning | the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim |
| scientific argument | a claim supported by evidence |
| prokaryotic | smallest simplest cells that make up single cell organisim 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 mambrane | 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 sometimes waste |
| chloroplast | organelles in plant cells that store chlorophyll were light energy is turned into glucose during photosynthesis |
| organelle | membrane bound structures within the cell that have speific jobs |
| cell division | when a parent cells duplicates it contents and the divides into 2 new cells |
| DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid | genetic information 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 |