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microbiome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | living things such as plants animals and bacteria |
| scale | the relative size of things |
| bacteria | tiny organisms that are made of one cell |
| microorganism | an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye |
| cells | tiny structure that make up all living things and are thee 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 microorganisms 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 world that is used to support or go against a claim |
| reasoning | the process of making clear how your evidence supports or refutes a claim |
| scientific arguement | a claim supported by evidence and reasoning |
| prokaryotic | smallest simplest cells that make up single cell organisms and lack a nucleus |
| eukaryotic | cells containing specialized internal organelles |
| nucleus |