Protis , fungi, and plants Flashcards

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An Organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista

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Protist

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

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Heterotroph

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an organism that feeds on an organism of another species (the host) and that usually harms the host; the host never benefits from the presence of the parisite

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Parasite

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an organism from wich a parasite takes food or shelter

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Host

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eukaryotic organisms that converts the suns energy into food through photosynthetic but do not have roots, stems, or leaves (sugar, alga)

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Algae

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

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Phytoplankton

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The ability to make food using sunlight

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Photosynthesis

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A eukaryote is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes.

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Eukaryote

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Something that eats dead stuff

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Decomposer

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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.

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Fungi

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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.

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Spore

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a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaf like, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.

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Lichen

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

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Nonvascular plant

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Giardia is a genus of anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites of the phylum Sarcomastigophora that colonise and reproduce in the small intestines of several vertebrates, causing giardiasis.

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Giardia

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It is a type of desiese.

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Malaria

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A disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite.

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Toxoplasmosis

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Sex from a single organism.

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Asexual Reproduction

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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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is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms.

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Gravitropism

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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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Tropism

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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. From water to plant.

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Transpiration

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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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Cellular respiration

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The flowering plants, also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with about 350,000 species

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Angiosperm

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

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Gymnosperm

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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.

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Vascular plant