Vocabulary 

Vocabulary: =**Science Language Students Need to Know and Use**= =******algae: a plant-like protest without roots, stems, or leaves**= =******autotrophs: organisms that make food for themselves through photosynthesis, also known as producers**= =******bacteria: the smallest and simplest type of living thing, singlecelled, and having no nucleus**= =******cilia: small, hair-like structures used to move**= =******eukaryotic: cells that contain a nucleus and other cell parts**= =******flagella: whip-like structures used to propel an organism through water**= =** fungi: a group of organisms that absorbs its nutrients from its surroundings**= =** heterotrophs: organisms that obtain their "food" from outside of themselves, also known as consumers**= =** microorganisms: a living thing too small for the human eye to see  organism: a living thing**= =** producers: living things that make their own food from simple substances usually using sunlight, as plants do**= =** protists: a large and various group of eukaryotic organisms**= =** protozoa: animal-like protists**= = pseudopod: temporary, foot-like extensions of the cytoplasm= = single-celled: any living thing that has only one cell= =decompose: to break things down into simpler materials= = mutualistically: a relationship in which two different species both benefit=