Wortschatz für IELTS (Akademisch) - Biology

the scientific study of living organisms; the science that studies living organisms

Biologie

(biology) a person who studies the science that deals with living organisms

Biologe

(biology) a series of transformations and events that happen in an animal or plant's lifetime

Zyklus

to separate people or things into two or more groups, parts, etc.

teilen

(microbiology) single-celled microorganisms that can be found in various environments, including soil, water, and living organisms, and can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral

Bakterien

an organism's smallest unit, capable of functioning on its own

Zelle

(biochemistry) a chemical substance that carries the genetic information, which is present in every cell and some viruses

DNA

relating to the science that explores living organisms and their functions

biologisch

(biology) the slow and gradual development of living things throughout the history of the earth

Evolution

(biology) to change gradually and over generations into forms that are better adapted to the environment and fitter to survive

sich entwickeln

(of diseases) passed on from one's parents

genetisch

(genetics) a basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is located on a chromosome in a cell and controls a particular quality

Gen

the branch of biology that deals with how individual features and different characteristics are passed through genes

Genetik

a small living organism that causes disease or infection

Keim

each of a group of long thread-like structures in the body that carry messages between the brain and other parts of the body, sensing things is a result of this process

Nerv

a living thing such as a plant, animal, etc., especially a very small one that lives on its own

Organismus

a group that animals, plants, etc. of the same type which are capable of producing healthy offspring with each other are divided into

Spezies

(of an animal, person, or plant) able to produce offspring, fruit, or seed

fruchtbar

(biology) a change in the structure of the genes of an individual that causes them to develop different physical features

Mutation

relating to a carbon-based compound that has a biological origin

organisch

the chemical processes through which food is changed into energy for the body to use

Stoffwechsel

(of a living being) to produce offspring or more of itself

sich fortpflanzen

(biology) a small organism that lives on or inside another organism, called a host, and is dependent on it for nutrition and growth

Schmarotzer

a group of cells in the body of living things, forming their different parts

Gewebe

a blood protein produced to fight diseases or infections, or in response to foreign substances in the body

Antikörper

(of genes) causing a person to inherit a particular physical feature, even if it is only present in one parent's genome

dominant

the science or process of deliberately modifying the features of a living organism by changing its genetic information

Gentechnik

belonging to the sex that cannot give birth to babies or lay eggs but is capable of fertilization of the opposite sex

männlich

belonging to the sex that is fertilized by the opposite sex and can lay eggs or give birth to babies

weiblich

(biochemistry) a chemical substance that carries the information from DNA to control the cellular protein biosynthesis

RNS

a microscopic agent that causes disease in people, animals, and plants

Virus