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Good Friends and Germs

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symptoms   an indication in your body that you have a disease  
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gastrointestinal   related to the stomach and intestines  
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diarrhea   frequent and watery bowel movements  
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infection   the growth of germs in your body  
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parasite   organism that lives and feeds either inside of or attached to another organism and does harm to that organism  
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sanitation   the disposal of sewage and waste.  
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hygiene   things people do to stay healthy  
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dehydration   a condition in which the body does not have enough fluid to function properly  
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stool   the solid waste that is produced by the body  
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antibiotic   a type of medicine that kills germs or prevents them from growing  
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cell   the structural and functional unit of all living organisms. (What a living thing is made of and what makes it work.)  
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magnifies   makes something look larger, but does not actually enlarge the physical size of the object  
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cell theory   a theory about the relationship between cells and living things  
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organelle   a specialized structure in a cell  
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nucleus   the control center of the cell  
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chromosomes   contain the genetic material of the cell  
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genetic material   contains the information that determines the traits of an organism; hereditary material  
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cell membrane   surrounds the cell; controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell  
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cytoplasm   the watery fluid that contains the organelles of the cell  
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mitochondrion   provides the cell with energy  
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cell respiration   the process by which food and oxygen are converted to energy, carbon dioxide, and water.  
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vacuole   a storage area for food and water  
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chloroplast   organelle that contains the green pigment chlorophyll used in photosynthesis  
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chlorophyll   a green pigment  
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photosynthesis   the process by which plants make sugar and oxygen using light, water, and carbon dioxide  
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cell wall   protects and supports the plant cell  
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compound light microscope   a microscope that has more than one lens and uses light transmitted to your eye to form an image  
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field of view   the circle of light you see when you look through a microscope  
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diameter   the length of the line through the middle of a circle from one side to the other  
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ratio   a comparison of two numbers  
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bacteria   the most common form of one-celled organisms  
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host   an organism that harbors (provides food and a place to stay) for another organism, such as a virus  
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microbe   an organism that can be seen only through a microscope  
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infectious agent   something that can get inside your body, multiply, and cause disease  
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droplet transmission   a way that an infectious disease can be transmitted. Droplets containing an infectious agent are released into the air when an infected person sneezes, coughs, talks, or exhales.  
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