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Microbiome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | Living things,such as plants animals, and bacteria. |
| Scales | The relative size of things. |
| Bacteria | Tiny organizims that are made of a single cell. |
| Microorganisms | An organizim that is too small to be seen with the naked eye. |
| Cells | Tiny structure that makes 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 microorganesms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body. |
| Claim | A claim 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 supporrts your claim. |
| Scientific Argument | A claim supported by evidence. |
| prokaryotic | smallest simplest cells hat make up single celled organisems that lacks a nuculeus. |
| eukaryotic | cells containing specialized internal organelles. |
| nucleus | the control center of a cell. holds the DNA. |
| mitochondria | bean shaped organell 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 | organells in plant cells that stor chlorophyll where light energy in turned into glucose during photsynisis. |
| organelle | membrane bound structures within the cell that have specific jobs. |
| cell divison | when a parent cell duplicates it contents and then divides into two new cells. |
| DNA deoxyribonucleic acid | genetic information that is locaated in the nucleus, and is passed from parent to offspring. |
| ribosomes | organelles that make proteins for the cell. |
| cytoplasm | gel like substance that fills the cell. |