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Microbiome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisims | 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 structure 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 of the microoganisms that live in a particular enviorment, such as a human body |
| claim | a proposed answer to a question about the nateral world |
| evidence | information about the nateral 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 | cells containing specilized international organelles |
| Nucleus | the controll or center of a cell, holds the DNA |
| Mitochondria | bean shaped organelle that releases energy from glucose molicules 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 sometimes waste |
| Chloroplast | organelles in plant cells that store chlorophyll |
| organelle | Membrane bound structure within the cell that have specific jobs |
| Cell devision | When parent cells duplicate |
| DNA | genetic information that is held in the nucleus |
| Ribosomes | organelle that make proteins for the cell |
| cytoplasm | gel like substance that fills the cell. |