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microbiome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | living things such as plants animals and bacteria |
| scale | the relative size of things |
| Bacteria | tiny organisms that are ade of a single cell |
| microorganisms | an organism that is to 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 neked eye |
| molecules | a group of atoms bonded together |
| microbiome | all of 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 or organism |
| eukaryotic | cells containtg specialized internal organelles |
| nucleus | the control center of the cell holds the DNA |
| mitochondria | bean shaped organelles that releass energy from glucose molecules for the cell to use |
| cell membrane | barrier around the cell that conttrols what goes in and out of the cell |
| vacuole | large storage organelle found in plants Storts water food and sometimes waste |
| chloroplast | organelles in plants cells that store chlorophyll where light energy is turned into glucose during photo |
| organelle | membrane bound structure within the cell that have specific jobs |
| cell divisoin | when a parent cells duplicats it contents and then divides into 2 new cells |
| DNA deoxyribonucleic Acid | genetic information that I located in nucleus and is passed from parent to offspring |
| ribosomes | organelle that make proteins for the cell |
| cytoplasm | gel like substance that fills the cell |