Terminology
The form and structure of an organism or any of its parts
What is morphology
An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
What is mutation
What are macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins)
What is cyanobacteria
A protein that breaks down a polysaccharide
What is a digestive enzyme
Many Illnesses are caused by the actions of microorganisms in the body
What is Germ Theory of Disease
A protein designed to break down chemicals found in food
What is digestive enzymes
This vitamin is in citrus fruit and helps prevent scurvy
When bacterium takes in nitrogen from the air and releases a chemical that has nitrogen in the form plants can use.
What is nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
A medicine designed to kill microorganisms
What is an antibiotic
Chemcials that are essential to nutrition but are required in relatively small amounts
What are micronutrients
These are the six vitamins that are essential for people
What are the vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K
The bacterium that supports the organisms at a hydrothermal vent
What is extremophilic bacteria
the blood cells that fight pathogents
What are white blood cells
The hypothesis that natural selection and DNA can change over time, transforming an organism into a completely different organism
Macroevolution
The collection of all microscopic organisms living in and on a person's body
what is the microbiome
This vitamin is produced when your skin is exposed to sunlight
What is vitamin D
The substance that prokarytoic cells make, sometimes even in high temperatures, which helps the bacteria to survive.
What are proteins
Blood cells that carry oxygen and caron dioxide
What are red blood cells?
Noah didn't need to have ALL the different types of animals on the arc because of this theory
A protein that has been changed by heat or another process, making it unable to perform its intended function
What is a denatured protein
These vitamins are also made my mutualistic bacteria in a human in order for them to get enough
What are vitamins A, B, and K
The diseases that are caused by bacteria
What is tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, strep throat
All the collection of microscopic organisms in and on your body, that change over time based on the needs of the body.
What is the body's microbiome?