101/20/25: Biological and Scientific Terminology

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What does the prefix 'bio' mean?

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life

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What is a very, very small living creature, perhaps of just one cell?

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microorganism

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What does it mean to circulate?

Back

To go from one place to another in a circular way.

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What does the prefix 'circum' mean?

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around

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What does the Greek root 'graph' mean?

Back

to write or to draw

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What is the study of living organisms called?

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Biology

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What is a group of similar cells that perform a specific function?

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Tissue

Front

What is the basic unit of life?

Back

Cell

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What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

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What is the term for an organism that can make its own food?

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Autotroph