BIO BIO means LIFE Bio is the third root to be featured on the Resource Room found often in scientific contexts. I. FOR EACH WORD: 1. Write the word 2. Write what it means 3. Draw a picture to go with it 4. Answer the question about it. word meaning and example what to draw question to answer (you may draw your answer, too) biology study of life Three different things a biologist would study What are 10 different living things a biologist could learn about? Make them as different as you can. biography story of someone's life A biography What would be a good title for an biography? autobiography story of someone's own life an autobiography Who are ten people who have had biographies written about them? antibiotic medicine to kill bacteria such as penicillin a bottle of antibiotics Why did more children die before antibiotics were discovered? symbiosis when two different kinds of living things have a close relationship -- such as bacteria living in cows' stomachs and helping digest grass or bees that get food from flowers and help spread their pollen a symbiotic relationship What might the "sym" in "symbiosis" mean? biosphere layer on the earth that has living things the whole biosphere What are three very different places on the biosphere that would have very different kinds of life? biodegradable able to be broken down (usually into harmless things) in nature -- tree stumps and paper are biodegradable, plastic is not. Three things that are biodegradable What is a problem with things that are *not* biodegradable? biopsy taking out and examining living tissue from a living thing (such as taking a piece of a tumor out to see if it is cancerous)   Who would do a biopsy? biohazard Something that could harm living things (such as radioactive material or poisonous chemicals) A label that would be put on a biohazard What are three things that could be biohazards? bioluminescence Light made by living things like lightning bugs or some fish a bioluminescent animal   Complete these sentences with the bio- word that fits. Be sure review words learned in previous lessons. 1. My brother had a biopsy done on the lump on his elbow. 2. A biology class is where you learn about living things 3.You would have to write your own autobiography. 4.Termites could not eat wood without other animals living inside them that digest the wood; this is an example of symbiosis. 5.An antibiotic will help cure some diseases like strep throat. 6. Things that might spread an infection at a hospital have a biohazard label on them. 7. When fish glow in the dark it is called bioluminescence. 8. I want to read the biography of the first President of the United States. 9. The desert, the swamps and the rain forest are all part of the big biosphere. 10. If you put something biodegradable in the dump, eventually it will rot away.

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