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3. Nutrient a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the
maintenance of life.
5. Carbon a nonmetallic chemical element with atomic number 6 that readily forms
compounds with many other elements and is a constituent of organic
compounds in all known living tissues
6. Antibody proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body.
Produced by your immune system
7. Pathogen It include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, worms, viruses, and even infectious
proteins called prions.
8. Neuron nerve cells that send messages all over your body to allow you to do
everything from breathing to talking, eating, walking, and thinking.
9. Hierarchy a system that organizes or ranks things, often according to power or
importance.
10. Atom the smallest unit of matter that is composed of three sub-atomic particles:
the proton, the neutron, and the electron.
11.Evaporation the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor)
12.Germination the sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a
period of dormancy.
13.Electricity Form of energy and is a flow of tiny particles called proton and neutron
14.Gravity The force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
16.Carbon dioxide an important heat-trapping gas, also known as a greenhouse gas, that comes
from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels
17.Bacteria tiny, single-celled living organisms. Many can be found in and on your body
and are beneficial to you.
18. Hemoglobin It is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
20.Hibernation is when an animal slows its heart rate to save energy and survive the winter
without eating much.