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Biology Terms
Below is a list of a few biology words and terms that many biology students find
difficult to understand. By breaking these words down into discrete units, even
the most complex terms can be understood.
Autotroph
Cytokinesis
Eukaryote
Heterozygous
Hydrophilic
Oligosaccharide
Osteoblast
Tegmentum
This word can be separated as follows: Teg - ment - um.
Teg - means cover, ment - refers to mind or brain. The tegmentum is the bundle
of fibers that cover the brain.
Key Takeaways
Allotrophs are organisms that get their energy from food obtained from their
environments.
Biotrophs are parasites that do not kill their hosts. They establish a long-term
infection to continue to get their energy from the living cells.
These are organisms that can obtain their energy from an electric source.
Unlike the aforementioned biotrophs, necrotrophs are parasites that kill their
host since they survive on the dead remains.
Organisms that can live in places with very few nutrients are called oligotrophs.