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microbiome

microbiome vocabulary

TermDefinition
Organisms Living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria
Scale the relative size of things
Bacteria tiny organisms that are made of a single cell
Microorganisms an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye
Cells 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
Molecules a group of atoms bonded together
microbiome All the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body
Claim A proposed answer to a question about the natural world
Evidence Information about the natural world that is used to support or 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 organism and lack a nucleus
Eukaryotic Containing specialized internal organelles
Nucleus 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 Storage organelle found in plants, stores water, food, and sometimes waste
Chloroplast Organelles in plant cells that store chlorophyll, where light energy is turned into glucose during photosynthesis
Organelle Membrane bound structures within the cell that have specific jobs
Cell division When a parents cells duplicates it contents and then 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
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