Biology Vocabulary
Vocabulary list of key biological terms
Vocabulary list of key biological terms
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| Flashcards | 55 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Biology |
| Level | Secondary School |
| Created / Updated | 20.09.2012 / 20.09.2012 |
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Biology
The scientific study of living things
characteristics
a quality belonging typically to a person, place or thing
dawn
the time before sunrise
primordial soup
liquid substance with simple molecules that existed before plants and animals existed on earth
organism
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
metabolism
the chemical processes in plants or animals that change food into energy and help them grow
irritability
the ability to detect (spüren) changes in the environment
nutrition
the food that you eat and the way that it affects your health
excretion
waste matter discharged (abgeführt) from the body
respiration
the action of breathing
reproduction
the generation of offspring (children)
variation
when living things are different from one other
adaptation
the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited (angepasst) to its environment
adaptation
the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited (angepasst) to its environment
environment
the natural world, for example the land, air and water, in which people, animals and plants live
evolution
the development (Entwicklung) of plants, animals, etc. over many thousand years from simple early forms to more advanced ones
coat
an outer layer or covering
envelope
an outer layer or covering
cell surface membrane
the outer covering of a cell that surrounds the cytoplasm and controls the entry and exit of dissolved (gelöst) substances
cytoplasm
the substance inside a cell which surrounds the cell's nucleus
nucleus
brain of the cell
(cellulose) cell wall
a rigid (unbewegsam) layer (Schicht) lying outside the cell surface membrane of plants
vacuole
an empty space inside a living cell
chloroplast
an organelle in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place
measured length
the measurement (Mass) of something from end to end
actual length
the true size of something
glycogen
the storage (Ablage) form of carbohydrates (Kohlenhydrate) in animals
secretory vesicle
small organelles containing cell products such as hormones or enzymes
starch
the storage form of carbohydrates in plants
ribosome
an organelle, making proteins
mitochondrium
an organelle, releasing (abbauen) energy by cellular respiration
parasite
a living organism that lives on or in another living organism and feeds from it
saprotroph
a living organism that feeds off dead organism
plasmid
small rings of DNA in bacteria, carrying only a few genes
flagellum
part of a bacterium that beats to move the bacterium
binary fission
simplest form of reproduction whereby an organism (bacterium) splits into two
pathogen
a living organism that causes (verursachen) disease
biotechnology
the use of living cells in industrial and scientific processes
taxonomist
scientist who arranges living organisms into groups
host
a living organism on which another living organism lives and feeds
