Week 7 Glossary Terms

Angiosperm: A seed plant; one that produces flowers that eventually form fruits with seeds

Animalia: The scientific name for the animal kingdom. It is commonly divided into two broad groups:
 animals with backbones and animals without backbones.

Chlorophyll: The substance in leaves that allows the chemical reaction of photosynthesis to
 take place and that gives leaves their green color.

Fungi: A kingdom of living things containing tiny plantlike organisms. 

Fungi do not have chlorophyll and cannot make their own food. 

Fungi include molds, mildews, yeast, and mushrooms.

Germination: The process by which a seed sprouts and begins to grow into a new plant.

Greenhouse Gases: Gases that reduce the amount of heat energy (infrared radiation) that is radiated back toward 

space when the sun's energy enters the atmosphere and strikes the Earth. 

These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Many greenhouse gases occur naturally, 

but they may also be produced by industrial processes. 

Excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can cause average temperatures to climb over time.

Kingdoms:The broadest division of classification of living things. There are five kingdoms of living organisms: 

Animalia, Plantae,Protista, Fungi, and Monera

Monera:A kingdom of living things consisting of bacteria, tiny organisms that do not have

 chlorophyll and cannot make their own food. All bacteria are made up of just one cell. 

Blue-green algae are also a part of the Monera kingdom

Plantae: 

The kingdom of all land plants, that is, multicelled organisms that make

 all their own food through photosynthesis

Protista:

A kingdom of simple organisms, consisting mainly of algae, except for blue-green algae

. Other protists are protozoans like ameba, paramecium, and euglena.

Sustained Inquiry: Prolonged investigation of a scientific phenomenon.

 For elementary and middle school science, this typically means an investigation

 that includes multiple activities over the course of several days or weeks.

Taxonomy: An entire classification system. In science, such as the scientific classification

 of all living things into categories ranging from kingdom to species.

These are important terms to know for class and especially if you as a teacher are teaching classification and biology to your students. 

I picked these words because the words are important to understanding non-living and living organisms. These words are based on the five  kingdoms. These words are important to know when talking about biology and different kingdoms. These words will help the students understand the lessons and the different kingdoms.