Fungi and stuff Flashcards
In some biological taxonomy schemes, protists were a large group of diverse eukaryotic, mainly unicellular microorganisms, that do not form tissues. Formerly, these were assigned to the now-obsolete kingdom Protista
Protist
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
Heterotroph
A eukaryote is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes. Eukaryotes belong to the taxon Eukarya or Eukaryota
Eukaryota
organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so they carry out the natural process of decomposition.
Decomposer
an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host’s expense.
Parasite
In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite, or a mutual or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter. In botany, a host plant is one that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
Host
A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes unicellular microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as multicellular fungi that produce familiar fruiting forms known as mushrooms.
Fungi
(in a plant exhibiting alternation of generations) a haploid reproductive cell that gives rise to a gametophyte.
Spore
A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria (or both) living among filaments of a fungus in a symbiotic relationship. The combined life form has properties that are very different from the properties of its component organisms. Lichens come in many colors, sizes, and forms.
Lichen
Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system (xylem and phloem). Although non-vascular plants lack these particular tissues, many possess simpler tissues that are specialized for internal transport of water. Non-vascular plants do not have a wide variety of specialized tissue types.
Nonvascular plant
Vascular plants, also known as tracheophytes and also higher plants, form a large group of plants that are defined as those land plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant
Vascular Plant
The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gentales. The term “gymnosperm” comes from the Greek composite word γυμνόσπερμος, meaning “naked seeds”, after the unenclosed condition of their seeds.
Gymnosperm
a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel. The angiosperms are a large group and include herbaceous plants, shrubs, grasses, and most trees.
Angiosperm
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy, normally from the Sun, into chemical energy that can be later released to fuel the organisms’ activities.
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration is what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy. This happens in all forms of life. Cellular respiration takes in food and uses it to create ATP, a chemical which the cell uses for energy.
Cellular respiration
