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=Lista de Vocabulario= =algas, bacteria, variable de control, cultivo, experimento, descomponedor, hongos, hipótesis, método científico, investigación, microorganismo, organismo, productor, protozoo, unicelular, variable independiente, célula, consumidor=

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=Microorganisms vocabulary=


 * 1) ** algae ** : protists that usually live in water and can produce their own food
 * 2) ** bacteria ** : microscopic, single-celled organisms that exist around you and inside you
 * 3) ** control ** : a part or variable of an experiment that is kept the same to be used for comparison
 * 4) ** culture ** : to grow microorganisms in a specially prepared nutrient medium
 * 5) ** decomposer ** : an organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
 * 6) ** experiment ** : a series of steps to find the answer to a question
 * 7) ** fungi ** : organisms that are neither plant nor animals, but have characteristics of both and absorb food from whatever they are growing on
 * 8) ** hypothesis ** : an idea made into a statement that can be tested
 * 9) ** investigation ** : a process designed to answer a question
 * 10) ** microorganism ** : a living thing that can only be seen with the aid of magnification
 * 11) ** organism ** : a living thing
 * 12) ** producer ** : a living thing, like a green plant, that makes its food from simple substances usually using sunlight
 * 13) ** protozoan ** : microscopic organisms that usually live in water
 * 14) ** single-celled ** : any organism that has only one cell, the smallest unit of life
 * 15) ** variable: ** (experimental) a part of an experiment that is changed in order to find out the effects of that change
 * 16) cell: the smallest unit of life