Vocabulary N°5 "Protist & Fungi"

1. Protozoan: one-celled animal-like organisms with a nucleus.

2. Cilia: short, hairlike parts on the surface of a cell.

3. Sporozoan: protozoans that reproduce by forming spores.

4. Spore: special cells that develop into new organisms.

5. Algae: plantlike protists.

6. Multicellular: an organism having many different cells that do certain jobs for the organism.

7. Slime mold: funguslike protists that are consumers.

8. Hyphae: threadlike structures that make up the bodies of most fungi.

9. Sporangium fungi: fungi that produces spores in sporangia.

10. Sporangia: structures, found on the tips of hyphae, that make spores.

11. Club fungi: fungi with club-shaped parts that produce spores.

12. Sac fungi: fungi that produce spores in saclike structures.

13. Budding: reproduction in which a small part of the parent grows into a new organism.

14. Mutualism: a living arrangement in which both organisms benefit.

15. Lichen: a fungus and an organism with chlorophyll that live together.

Vocabulary N°4 "Viruses & Monerans"

1. Virus: a chromosome-like part surrounded by a protein coat.

2. Host: an organism that provides food for a parasite.

3. Parasite: an organism that lives in or on another living thing and gets food from it.

4. Interferon: a chemical substance that interferes with the way viruses reproduce.

5. Vaccine: substances made from weakened or dead viruses that protect you against certain diseases.

6. Bacteria: very small, one-celled monerans.

7. Colony: a group of similar cells growing next to each other that do not depend on each other.

8. Capsule: a sticky outer layer produced by bacteria.

9. Flagellum: a whiplike thread used for movement by bacteria.

10. Fission: the process of one organism dividing into two organisms.

11. Asexual reproduction: the reproducin of a living thing from only one parent.

12. Endospore: a thick-walled structure that forms inside a bacterial cell.

13. Saprophyte: organisms that use dead materials for food.

14. Decomposer: living things that get their food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals. 

15. Koch´s postulates: steps for proving that a disease is caused by a certain microscopic organism.

16. Communicable Disease: those that can be passed from one organism to another.

17. Antibiotic: chemical substances that kill or slow the growth of bacteria.

18. Biotechnology: the use of living things to solve practical problems.

19. Pasteurization: the process of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria.

20. Blue-green bacteria: small, one-celled monerans that contain chlorophyll and can make their own
food.

Vocabulary N°3 "Classification"

1. Classify: to group things together based on their similarities.


2. Trait: a feature that a thing has.


3. Kingdom: the largest group of living things.


4. Phylum: the largest group within a kingdom.


5. Class: the largest group within a phylum.


6. Order: the largest group within a class.


7. Family: the largest group within an order.


8. Genus: the largest group within a family.


9. Species: the smallest group of living things; a group of living things that can breed with other of the same species and form fertile offspring.


10. Scientific name: the genus and species names together.


11. Moneran: one-celled organisms that don´t have a nucleus.


12. Protist: mostly single-celled organisms that have a nucleus and other cell parts.


13. Fungi: organisms that have cell walls and absorb food from their surrounding.


14. Plant: organisms that are made up of many cells, have chlorophyll, and can make their own food. 


15. Animal: organisms that have many cells, can´t make their own food , and can move.