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Microbiome
science vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| mircoorganisms | an oraganisms 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. |
| mircoscpic | too small to seen with the naked eye |
| molecules | a group of atoms bonded together |
| mircobiome | all of the mircoorganisms that live In a particular enviroment, such as a human body |
| claim | a proposed answer to a question about the natural world. |
| Evidence | information about the natural worl that is used to support or go against a claim |
| reasoning | the process of making cler how your evedence supports your claim. |
| scientific argument | a claim supported by evidence. |
| prokaryotic | smallest, simplest cells that make up single cell organisms and lack of a nucleus |
| eukaryotic | cells containing specialized internal organelles |
| nucleus | the control center of the cell, holds DNA |
| mitochondria | beam shaped organelle that releases energy from the glucose molecules for the cell to use. |
| cell membrane | barrier around the cell that contorls what goes in and out of the cell |
| vaccoule | large storage, organelle found in plants stores water food and sometimes waste. |
| chloroplast | organelle in plant cells that store chlorophy where light enegry is turned into glucose. |
| organelle | membrane bound structures within the cell that have specfic |
| cell divison | when a parent cells duplicates it contents and then divides into 2 new cells. |
| DNA- deoxyribonoculer 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 |