Glossary
- Carbonate
- A molecule containing the carbonate molecule (CO3 -2).
- Cell membrane
- The chemical structure distinguishing a cell from everything beyond.
- Cephalopod
- Marine mollusks, including squids and octopuses.
- Crocodile tears
- Phony tears of supposed sympathy
- Enzyme
- A biological molecule capable of carrying out chemical reactions.
- Food web
- The structure of food flow through an ecosystem.
- Ionization
- The process of giving an atom an electrical charge.
- Isotope
- Different versions of the same element, distinguished by the number of neutrons.
- Meiofauna
- Benthic (living on the bottom of a body of water) animals that can fit a mesh size of 1 mm and be retained on a mesh size of 42 micrometers.
- Pathogenis
- The causation of disease.
- Phylum
- One of the large groups of organisms, just below the kingdom level.
- Plankton
- Free-floating plants or animals.
- Ribosome
- A sub-cellular structure responsible for making proteins.
- Symbiotic
- A biological relationship which benefits both parties.
- Taxonomy
- Systematics; the classification and study of organisms
- Vacuole
- A cavity inside a cell bounded by a membrane.
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