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Question 1

Protist

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grouped one celled organisms

Question 2

Heterotroph

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an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances

Question 3

Eukaryote

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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. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria

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Decomposer

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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material

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Parasite

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an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense

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Host

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an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives

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Fungi

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Fungi is the plural word for “fungus”. A fungus is a eukaryotic organism

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Spore

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a toxin

Question 9

Lichen

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a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees

Question 10

Nonvascular plant

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Nonvascular Plants Defined. Nonvascular plants belong to the division Bryophyta, which includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

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Vascular plant

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a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue

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Gymnosperm

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a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit. Gymnosperms include the conifers, cycads, and ginkgo

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Angiosperm

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a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel

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Photosynthesis

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the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

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Cellular respiration

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Cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients

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Transpiration

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Transpiration is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere

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Tropism

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the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus

Question 18

Gravitropism

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Gravitropism (also known as geotropism) is a coordinated process of differential growth by a plant or fungus in response to gravity pulling on it

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Phototropism

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the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light ( positive phototropism ) or away from it

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Asexual Reproduction

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Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism,

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

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A disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite

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Malaria

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A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes

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Giardia

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An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite