Yr9 Keywords Cells

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Cells & Classification Vocabulary List

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animal fruit photosynthesis
anther fungi plant
autotrophic germination pollen
cell growth pollen tube
cell wall image pollination
characteristics invertebrate producer
chlorophyll iodine reproduction
chloroplast key respiration
classification magnification seed
consumer mammal sensitivity
cover slip membrane sepal
cytoplasm methylene blue slide
decomposer microbes species
dispersal movement specimen
dormant nutrition stain
epidermis objective lens stamen
excretion organ stigma
features organism style
fertilisation ovary tissue
filament ovum vacuole
focus petal vertebrate
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animal - living things that is different from plants (cells without cellulose walls, no chlorophyll
and can’t photosynthesise)
anther - male organ of a flower, part of the stamen. it produces pollen grains.
autotrophic - organism capable of synthesising its own food from inorganic substances,
using light energy
cell - the basic unit which living things are made of
cell wall - tough wall around plant cells. helps to support the cell
characteristics - features that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognisably
chlorophyll - green substance found inside chloroplasts.
chloroplast - green disc containing chlorophyll. found in plant cells and used to make food
(starch) by photosynthesis
classification - sorting things into groups
consumer - organism that eats other animals or plants
cover slip - smaller sheet of glass placed over a specimen on a slide
cytoplasm - jelly inside a cell where the cell’s activities happen.
decomposer - a bacterium or fungus that gets its food by breaking down dead remains
dispersal - the spreading of seeds from a plant
dormant - a period of time when seeds do not germinate
epidermis - outer layer of cells
excretion - getting rid of waste substances made in the body by chemical reactions.
features - characteristics
fertilisation - joining of a male sex cell (gamete) with a female sex cell (gamete)
filament - part of the stamen in flowers. it supports the anther.
focus - bringing together light to make a clear image; the region that can be seen clearly
and where all objects appear to have sharp outlines
fruit - something used to carry the seeds of flowering plants. can be fleshy or dry.
fungi - single or multicellular organisms that don’t have chlorophyll; feed off dead or living
material
germination - when a seed first starts to grow
growth – increase in size of an organism
image - what you see down a microscope
invertebrate - animal with no backbone
iodine - brown coloured solution that is used to test for starch; turns blue-black in the
presence of starch
key - branching and “go to” keys. both are used to find out what something is
magnification - how much larger an object appears than it really is
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mammal – warm blooded, usually hairy vertebrates whose offspring are fed with milk
membrane - controls what enters/exits a cell
methylene blue - a blue dye for staining animal cells
microbes – bacteria, fungi and viruses that can be seen only under a microscope
movement - moving the whole or part of an organism
nutrition - process of acquiring, ingesting, digesting, absorbing and using food
objective lens - lens on the revolving nose piece of microscope
organ - part of an organism formed out of different tissues
organism - living thing that carries out all of the life processes
ovary - female organ that produces female gametes (eggs)
ovum – egg cell
petal - one of the often brightly coloured parts of a flower immediately surrounding the
reproductive organs
photosynthesis - process that plants use to make their own food. it needs light to work.
Carbon dioxide and water are used up. Food (a sugar called glucose) and oxygen are
produced.
plant - living thing, usually immobile, that has cell walls and can carry out photosynthesis
pollen - tiny objects produced by flowers that contain male sex cells
pollen tube - tube that grows from a pollen grain down into a flower to reach an egg
pollination - transfer of pollen from the male to the female organs of flowers
producer - organism able to capture light energy and make its own food, e.g. plant
reproduction - producing offspring (new organisms)
respiration - cell process of releasing energy from food that occurs in all organisms
seed - consists of an embryo plant and food supplies packaged inside a coat
sensitivity - ability to detect and respond to environmental changes
sepal - part of a flower, usually green, that surrounds and protects the flower in bud.
slide - thin sheet of glass used to hold objects for examination under a microscope
species - group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring
specimen - an individual animal, part of an animal, plant, part of a plant, or microorganism
that is studied
stain – dye used to highlight structures in biological tissues for viewing
stamen - part of the flower that makes pollen grains
stigma - tip of the female sex organ of a flower which receives the pollen grains
style - stalk that holds up the stigma of a flower
tissue - group of similar cells in an organism
vacuole - storage area in the cells of an organism
vertebrate - animal with a backbone.

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