science vocab

Question 1

protists that usually live in water and can produce their own food

Answer 1

algae

Question 2

microscopic single-celled organisms that exist around you and inside you

Answer 2

bacteria

Question 3

organisms that are neither plant nor animal, but have characteristics of both and absorb food from whatever they are growing on

Answer 3

fungi

Question 4

a living thing

Answer 4

organism

Question 5

a living thing that can only be seen with aid of magnification

Answer 5

microorganism

Question 6

a living thing like a green plant, that makes its food from simple substance usually using sunlight

Answer 6

producer

Question 7

any organism that is only one cell big, the smallest unit of life

Answer 7

single-celled

Question 8

microscopic organisms that usually live in water

Answer 8

protozoan

Question 9

an organism often a bacterium or fungus that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter

Answer 9

decomposers

Question 10

to grow microorganisms in a specially prepared nutrient medium

Answer 10

culture

Question 11

instrument used to magnify the size of objects

Answer 11

microscope

Question 12

more than one big cell

Answer 12

multi-cellular

Question 13

what a euglena uses to move

Answer 13

flagellum

Question 14

what a paramecium uses to move

Answer 14

Celia