Vocabulary
Too small to be seen without a microscope.
What is microscopic?
Medicines that kill or stop the growth of bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
The "power house" of the cell; it releases energy in the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
Controls which substances go in and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
Helps the cell with reproduction in animal cells.
What are centrioles?
The 2 things needed for bacteria (good or bad) to thrive in the body.
What are space and food?
An idea or statement that can be supported by evidence.
What is a claim?
A living thing.
What is an organism?
The "command center" of the cell; contains the DNA or genetic code.
What is the nucleus?
The 2 organelles only found in a PLANT cell.
What are the cell wall and chloroplasts?
The large, bubble-like organelle in the plant cell.
What is the vacuole?
What is 100 trillion?
The number of individuals in a group.
What is population?
The size or level at which something is measured or observed.
What is scale?
The "post office" of the cell.
Breaks down waste and old cell parts.
What is the function of the lysosome?
Tail-like structures that help the cell move.
What are flagella?
The 2 types of bacteria that cause "food poisoning"?
What are Salmonella and C. jejuni?
The building blocks of life.
What are cells?
An environment and the organisms living there refers to this.
What is a biome?
The "workers" of the cell.
What are the ribosomes?
Provides structure and movement within the cell.
What is the cytoskeleton?
The "transportation" of the cell, which takes the molecules around the cell.
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
The "good" bacterias that help you maintain your gut health. (3)
What are: B. fragilis, L. reuteri, and B. animalis?
Very small living things, such as bacteria.
What is an infection?
Specialized structures that perform important cellular functions within a cell.
What is an organelle.
Gel-like substance between the membrane and the nucleus.
What is cytoplasm?
Produces lipids, or fats, in the cell.
What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
This organelle packages the proteins in the cell.
What is the Golgi Body?
This bacteria can be helpful and harmful to your gut health.
What is E.coli?