fungi

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Protist

Answer 1

an organism that belongs to the kingdom protista

Question 2

Heterotroph

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is an organism that eats off of other organism

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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

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Decomposer

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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 another organism

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Host

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a person who receives or entertains other people as guests

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Fungi

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any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools

Question 8

Spore

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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

Question 9

Lichen

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a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low Christlike

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Nonvascular plant

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lack these particular tissues, many possess simpler tissues that are specialized for internal transport of water

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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

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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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is what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy

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Transpiration

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is the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves

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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

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Gravitropism

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is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity

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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

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Asexual Reproduction

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In this form of reproduction, a single organism or cell makes a copy of itself

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

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a disease caused by toxoplasmas, transmitted chiefly through undercooked meat, or in soil or cat feces

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Malaria

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an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells

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Giardia

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infection is an intestinal infection marked by abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea and bouts of watery diarrhea