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What are staminate cones?

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Staminate cones are pollen-producing cones.

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What are nonvascular plants?

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Nonvascular plants are any non-seed plant that does not have vascular tissue.

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What are nonseed plants?

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Nonseed plants are any vascular plant that does not reproduce using seeds.

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What are seed plants?

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Seed plants are any vascular plant that produces seeds. (an angiosperm or gymnosperm).

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What is fungi?

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Fungi is a fungus kingdom; that consists of multicellular eukaryotes that have cell walls and don’t conduct photosynthesis.

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What are colonies?

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Colonies are groups of single-celled algae clumped together and living as a group.

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What is plankton?

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Plankton is a collective term for microorganisms that float near the surface of the water and provide food for larger organisms.

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What is algae?

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Algae is a member of a group containing the smallest green, chlorophyll-containing organisms.

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What is a phyla?

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A Phyla is a set of body structure characteristics is used to further divide each kingdom into a few main groups.

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What is yeast?

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Yeast are small, colorless, single-celled sac fungus that feeds on foods containing sugar, converting the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

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What is ascus?

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Ascus is a parasitic roundworm that lives in the host’s intestine and eats partially digested food.

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What is mildew?

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Mildew is a sac fungus that appears as a white, powdery substance on plants.

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What are heteroecious parasites?

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Heteroecious parasites refer to a parasite that must have two hosts to complete its life cycle.

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What is wheat rust?

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Wheat rust is a widespread rust fungus that lives on wheat and barberry bushes.

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What are smuts?

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Smuts are groups of parasitic club fungi that produce masses of black spheres on their hosts.

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What are corn smuts?

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Corn smuts are smuts that attack the tassels and ears of corn plants, forming large, shiny blisters.

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What is a Volvox?

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A volvox is a colonial green algae that lives in pale-green globular colonies containing hundreds or thousands of individuals.

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What is a cheese mold?

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A cheese mold is any of the molds used to make some types of cheese.

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What is a holdfast?

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A holdfast is a special type of anchoring cell formed in certain types of algae.

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What is a species?

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A species is a group of very similar organisms that can interbreed freely in nature; the lowest of the seven main levels of the Linnaen classification system.

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What is a kind?

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A kind is a group of similar organisms that are all descended from a single group of originally created organisms.

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What is a protococcus?

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Protococcus is a type of spherical unicellular green algae that often grows on the trunks of trees and on unpainted buildings and fence posts.

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What are Plantae?

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Plantae is a plant kingdom; that consists of multicellular eukaryotes that have cell walls and usually perform photosynthesis. (green plants).

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What are prokaryotes?

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Prokaryotes are organisms that don’t have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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What is a flagellum?

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Flagellum is a whip-like tail that extends from a cell and it’s used for propulsion.

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What is a family?

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A family is a level of classification between order and genus.

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What is an order?

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An order is a level of classification between class and family.

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What is a stigma?

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A stigma is an eyespot of certain green algae.

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What is a filament?

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A filament is a hairlike structure formed by green algae that join end to end, forming a long chain of cells.

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What are mosses?

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Mosses are nonvascular spore plants that undergo alternation of generations.

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What is spirogyra?

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Spirogyra are filamentous green alga characterized by ribbon-like chloroplasts arranged in a spiral.

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What is eubacteria?

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Eubacteria is a bacteria kingdom; that consists of prokaryotes with cell walls made of peptidoglycan.

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What are rockweeds?

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Rockweeds are brown algae that live attached to rocks along the seashore and have gas-filled air bladders that serve as floats.

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What is diatomaceous earth?

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Diatomaceous earth is a substance formed from packed layers of diatom shells; also called diatomite.

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What are seaweeds?

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Seedweeds are large saltwater algae.

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What is kelp?

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Kelp is any group containing the largest brown alga.

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What is algin?

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Algin is a gummy substance derived from kelp and used to hold liquids in an emulsion.

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What is Animalia?

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Animalia is an animal kingdom; that consists of multicellular eukaryotes without cell walls.

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Who is John Ray?

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John Ray was an English clergyman who devoted much time to natural studies and became well-known for his work with plants.

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Who is Carolus Linnaeus?

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Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist.

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What is binomial nomenclature?

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Binomial nomenclature is a system of assigning scientific names to organisms by using two words (genus and species) for each scientific name.

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What is a ginkgo?

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A ginko is a unique oriented gymnosperm with fan-shaped leaves; also called a maidenhair tree.

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What is a dinoflagellate?

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A dinoflagellate is a unicellular aquatic alga that has two unlike flagella used for locomotion.

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What is a eukaryote?

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A eukaryote is an organism that has a membrane-bound nucleus and membrane-enclosed together.

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What are ovulate cones?

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Ovulate cones are cones that produce seeds; also called a seed cone.

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What is a sporangia?

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A sporangium is a spore case of a fern.

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What is a gymnosperm?

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A gymnosperm is a plant that doesn’t produce flowers but does produce seeds.

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What is a rhizome?

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A rhizome is a thick stem that grows horizontally underground to provide food storage and cause vegetative reproduction such as the underground stem of a fern.

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What is silica?

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A silica is a hard substance in sand, glass, and diatom cell walls; its chemical formula is SIO2.

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What is genera?

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A genera is a level of classification between family and species.

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What is strobilus?

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A strobilus is a structure resembling the cone of a conifer, such as the flower of the hop.

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What is a rhizoid?

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A rhizoid is a hairlike thread that acts as a bryophyte “root”.

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What is a Douglas Fir?

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A Douglas Fir is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family Pinaceus.

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What is a fruiting body?

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A fruiting body is an umbrella-shaped reproductive structure formed by mushrooms; a similar reproductive structure formed by another club fungus.

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What is a slime mold?

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A slime mold is a jelly-like organism that oozes into its environment to engulf bacteria and other particles.

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What is a protist?

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A protist is a kingdom consisting of eukaryotes that are not green plants, fungi, or multicellular animals.

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What is a lichen?

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A lichen is a single unit formed by a fungus and an alga living in close relationship.

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What is a diatom?

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A diatom is a group of yellow alga characterized by rigid cell walls composed of silica.

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What is taxonomy?

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Taxonomy is the process of arranging organisms into groups based on similarities.

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What is Animalia?

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Animalia is an animal kingdom consisting of multicellular eukaryotes without cell walls.

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what is a lycopodium?

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A lycopodium is a typical club moss, with horizontal stems that trail along the ground or just below the surface.

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What is a desmid?

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A desmid is a large group of unicellular freshwater green algae characterized by a belt-like constriction that divides cells into two identical semicells.

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What is plantae?

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Plantae is a plant kingdom consisting of multicellular eukaryotes that have cell walls and usually perform photosynthesis.

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What is a class?

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A class is a level of taxonomy between phylum and order.

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What is a kingdom?

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A kingdom is one of the main groups into which all organisms are divided in the Linnaen system of classification.

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What is sac fungi?

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Sac fungi is a group of fungi with sac-like spore-producing structures.

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What is a horsetail?

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A horsetail is a spore-producing vascular plant with unique hollow, jointed stems, and very small leaves.

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What is a club fungus?

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A club fungus is a group of fungi that produce spores in club-shaped basidia.

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What is shelf fungus?

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Shelf fungus is a group of shelf-like club fungi that grow slowly and do not have gills; it’s also called a bracket fungus.

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What is a fern?

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A fern is a nonflowering vascular plant with spore-bearing leaves and horizontal underground stems.

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What is mycelium?

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Mycelium is a mass of hyphae forming the main body of a fungus.

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What is a cycad?

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A cycad is a palm-like tropical gymnosperm.

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What is a club moss?

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A club moss is a creeping vascular plant that has an erect stem and bears spores in club-shaped, cone-like structures; it’s also called a ground pine.

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What is a gametophyte generation?

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A gametophyte generation is a sexually reproducing generation in alternation of generations.

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What is a sporophyte generation?

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A sporophyte generation is an idea that living things can arise from nonliving things.

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What is an alternation of generations?

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An alternation of generations is a life cycle found in ferns, mosses, and some other plants, that involves both asexual and sexual reproduction in alternating generations.

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What is a vascular plant?

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A vascular plant is a plant that has vascular tissue; it’s also called a tracheophyte.

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What is a rust?

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A rust is a group of parasitic club fungi that leave rusty-colored spores on their hosts.

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What is a saprophyte?

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A saprophyte is an organism that obtains nutrition from dead organisms.

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What is a gill?

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A gill is a basidia-containing spore on the underside of a mushroom cup.

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What is a mushroom?

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A mushroom is a club fungus that consists of a mass of subterranean hyphae and, at reproduction, produces an umbrella-shaped fruiting body.

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What is a basidia?

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A basidia is a microscopic club-shaped spore-producing structure of a club fungus.

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What is a peat moss?

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A peat moss is a large, branching type of swamp-dwelling moss that helps prevent soil erosion and has antiseptic qualities.

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What is a bryophyte?

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A bryophyte is a spore-bearing nonvascular plant.

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What is a sori?

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A sori is a small, brownish dot produced by ferns.

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What is a frond?

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A frond is a fern leaf.

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What is a spore?

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A spore is a tiny, one-celled reproductive structure that can grow into a distinct or independent organism under the proper conditions.

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What is a conifer?

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A conifer is a cone-beating gymnosperm.

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What is a liverwort?

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Liverwort is a bryophyte that grows along the surface of the soil and often looks like tiny leaves.

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What is an Anthophyta

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An antohphyta is a phylum consisting of an angiosperm.

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What is an archaebacteria?

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An archaebacteria is a kingdom consisting of prokaryotes that do not contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls.

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What is a hyphae?

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A hyphae is a thread-like filament that forms the body of a fungi.

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What is a peat?

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A peat is a compressed accumulation of various partially decayed plant materials that collect in swamps and marshes.

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What is a cyanobacteria?

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A cyanobacteria is a group of bacteria that form colonies resembling those of unicellular algae, also called blue-green algae.

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What is a red tide?

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A red tide is a phenomenon that occurs when a certain dinoflagellate blooms, producing great quantities of highly toxic nerve poison.

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What is an agar?

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Agar is a gelling agent, derived from red algae, and used as a culture medium for growing bacteria in the lavatory.

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What is a carrageenan?

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Carrageenan is a gelatinous substance that comes from the alga Irish moss and is used in many food products.

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What is a gulf weed?

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A gulf weed is a common name for the brown algae of the genus Sargassum.

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