Term | Definition |
Amino Acids | molecules that are the building blocks of proteins |
Antibiotics | medicines that kill microorganisms, especially bacteria |
Bacteria | tiny organisms that are made of a single cell |
Cells | the tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions |
Cellular Respiration | the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells |
Circulatory System | the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body |
Claim | a proposed answer to a question about the natural world |
Digestive System | the body system that takes in food and breaks it down |
Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
Evidence | information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim |
Feature | a characteristic that all members of a species have |
Function | how something works |
Glucose | a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms |
Infection | sickness caused by harmful microorganisms |
Metabolism | the body's use of molecules for energy and growth |
Microbiome | all of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body |
Microorganism | an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye |
Microscopic | too small to be seen with the naked eye |
Molecule | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
Organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
Proteins | a category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things |
Reasoning | the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim |
Respiratory System | the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide |
Scale | the relative size of things |
Scientific Argument | a claim supported by evidence |
Starch | a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together |
Structure | the way something is shaped or constructed |
System | a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole |
Trait | a specific characteristic of an individual organism |
Variation | any difference in traits between individual organisms |
how is a fecal transplant useful to a patient | If a patient has room for bad bacteria after taking antibiotics, fecal transplants can fill up the empty room with helpful bacteria |
why does diabetes make people feel tired | diabetes causes little to no insulin to be made, causing less starch to be broken down into glucose which combines with oxygen to make energy |
how do the cells in the body use starch and protein | first, the proteins and starch are broken down into amino acids and glucose respectively.They are then transported to the cells. Glucose is then combined with oxygen to make energy.Amino acids are reformed into proteins and used for growth and repair |
What were the three criteria for the internship and why were they important | keep costs low, so as many people can be served as possible.Meet the metabolic needs of the people, so they can get energy or growth and repair from proteins and carbohydrates.Make it taste good, so people will eat them. |