Science Vocabulary

Another word for microorganism.

• MICROBE

• FUNGUS

• MOULDS

• SPORE

Type of organism that is not a plant or an animal. The plural is Fungi.

• BACTERIUM

• MICROBE

• FUNGUS

• VIRUS

French scientist who discovered that microorganism spoil food.

Fungus that decays things

• SPORE

• MOULDS

• BACTERIUM

• VIRUS

single cell released into the air by a fungus, and which is able to grow into a new fungus

• BACTERIUM

• SPORE

• FUNGUS

• VIRUS

type of one celled organism that is not a plant or animal or fungus. The plural is bacteria.

• SPORE

• MOULDS

• BACTERIUM

• VIRUS

Particle that is only alive when inside a living cell and cannot reproduce

• SPORE

• MOULDS

• BACTERIUM

• VIRUS

stages that scientists use to test out their ideas.

Disease that spreads from one organism to another.

Substance injected into people to stop them getting an infectious disease.