Microbiome Amplify Vocabulary

Question 1

A claim supported by evidence

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scientific argument

Question 2

Sickness caused by harmful microorganisms

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infection

Question 3

living things, such as plants, animals and bacteria

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organisms

Question 4

The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

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reasoning

Question 5

A proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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claim

Question 6

an organism that is to small to be seen with the naked eye

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microorganism

Question 7

Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against a claim

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evidence

Question 8

too small to be seen with the naked eye

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microscopic

Question 9

Tiny organisms that are made of a single cell

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baceteria

Question 10

The relative size of things

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scale

Question 11

All of the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as a human body

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microbiome

Question 12

Medicines that kill microorgamisms, especially bacteria

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antibiotics

Question 13

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

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population

Question 14

The tiny structures that make up all living things and are the smallest units able to perform life functions.

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cells

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