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a diverse collection of organisms
Protist
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
Heterotroph
an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus
Eukayote
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
Decomposer
an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense
Parasite
an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives
Host
A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds
Fungi
a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans
Spore
a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
Lichen
Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem
Nonvascular plant
a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue
vascular plant
a group of seed-producing plants
Gymnosperm
a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel
angiosperm
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
photosynthisis
a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate, and then release waste products
cellular respiration
