| Term | Definition |
| cell | the basic building block of life |
| nucleus | controls all cell activities |
| chloroplast | contain chlorophyll- the green pigment plants need to make their own food |
| microorganism | are so small they can be seen only with a microscope |
| embryo | stored food enclosed in another |
| fruit | is the part of a flowering plant that contains and protects the seeds |
| fungi | are single-celled or many celled living things that cannot make their own food |
| hyphae | that anchor the fungus |
| spore | is a cell that can grow into a new fungus |
| mold | are very common fungi that look cottony or wooly |
| vertebrate | or animals with a backbone from a group |
| invertebrate | animals that do not have a backbone |
| anthropod | are the largest group of inverebrates |