| A | B |
| mold | a fungus that grows quickly on a surface |
| hyphae | threadlike fibers containing membranes and cytoplasm |
| mycelium | the under ground feeding network of a fungus |
| lichen | an organism that is made up of a fungus, a green alga, and a cynobacterium |
| cyanobacterium | a blue-green algae |
| transcription | the creation of an RNA molecule using the bases in a DNA molecule as a template |
| translation | the creation of a protein using the bases in an RNA molecule as a template |
| RNA polymerase | an enzyme that adds RNA nucleotides to a new RNA molecule |