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Question 1

protist

Answer 1

an organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista.

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

an organism that gets food by eating other organisms
or their byproducts and that cannot make organic
compounds from inorganic materials.

Question 3

Eukaryote

Answer 3

an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus
enclosed by a membrane eukaryotes include animals
plants and fungi but not archaebacteria or eubacteria.

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

an organism that gets energy by breaking down
the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes
and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.

Question 5

Parasite

Answer 5

an organism that feeds on an organism of another
species and that usually harms the host the host
never benefits from the presence of the parasite

Question 6

Host

Answer 6

an organism from which a parasite takes food

or shelter.

Question 7

Fungi

Answer 7

a kingdom made up of nongreen eukaryotic
organisms that have no means of movement
reproduce by using spores and get food
by breaking down substances in their surroundings
and absorbing the nutrients.

Question 8

Spore

Answer 8

a reproductive cell or multicellular structure that

is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and that can develop into an adult without fusing with another cell.

Question 9

Lichen

Answer 9

a mass of fungal and algal cells that grow together
in a symbiotic relationship and that and usually found
on rocks or trees.

Question 10

Nonvascular plant

Answer 10

the three groups of plants that lack specialized

conducting tissues and true roots stems and leaves.

Question 11

Vascular plant

Answer 11

a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct

materials from one part of the plant to another

Question 12

Gymnosperm

Answer 12

a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not

enclosed by an ovary or fruit

Question 13

Angiosperm

Answer 13

a flowering plant that produces seeds within

a fruit

Question 14

Photosynthesis

Answer 14

the process by which plants algae and some
bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water
to make food.

Question 15

Cellular respiration

Answer 15

the process by which cells use oxygen to produce

energy from food.

Question 16

Transpiration

Answer 16

the process by which plants release water vapor into
the air through stomata also the release of water
vapor into the air by other organisms.

Question 17

Tropism

Answer 17

growth of all or part of an organism in response

to an external stimulus such as light.

Question 18

Gravitropism

Answer 18

is a coordinated process of differential growth by a plant or fungus in response to gravity pulling on it. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms.

Question 19

Phototropism

Answer 19

the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light

Question 20

Asexual Reproduction

Answer 20

reproduction that does not involve the union
of sex cells and which and in which one
parent produces offspring that are genetically idental
to the parent.

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

A deasie found in cat poop

Question 22

Malaria

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Giardia

Answer 23

An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite.