plants, fungi, and protist

Question 1

an organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista.

Answer 1

Protist

Question 2

An organism that gets food by eating other organisms

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heterotroph

Question 3

an organism that feeds on an organism of another species.

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parasite

Question 4

an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

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host

Question 5

eukaryotic organisms that convert the suns energy into food.

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algae

Question 6

the microscopic photosynthetic organisms that float near the surface of marine or fresh water.

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phytoplankton

Question 7

an organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll.

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fungus

Question 8

a non-reproductive filament of a fungus

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hypha

Question 9

The mass of fungal filaments, or hyphae, that forms the body of a fungus

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myceliuym

Question 10

a reproductive cell or multi-cellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions.

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spore

Question 11

a fungus that looks like wool or cotton

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mold

Question 12

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

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lichen

Question 13

organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so they carry out the natural process of decomposition.

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decomposer

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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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eukaryote

Question 15

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

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nonvascular plant

Question 16

Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem.

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vascular plant

Question 17

are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales.

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gymnosperms

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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.

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angiosperm

Question 19

he process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.

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photosynthesis

Question 20

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

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cellular respiration

Question 21

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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transpiration

Question 22

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

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tropism

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

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gravitropism

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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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phototropism

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by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only; it does not involve the fusion of gametes and almost never changes the number of chromosomes.

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asexual reproduction

Question 26

is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite.

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malaria

Question 27

a microscopic parasite that causes the diarrheal illness

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giardia