Protist, plant, and fungi

Question 1

Protist

Answer 1

An organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista.

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

Organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cant make organic compounds from inorganic materials.

Question 3

Eukaryote

Answer 3

Means that the cell has a nucleus.

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

Get energy from breaking down dead organic matter.

Question 5

Parasite

Answer 5

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

Organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter.

Question 7

Fungi

Answer 7

Organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom fungi.

Question 8

Spore

Answer 8

A reproductive cell or multi cellular 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 are usually found on rocks or trees.

Question 10

Nonvascular plant

Answer 10

The three groups of plants (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, necks, and stems.

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 a fruit.

Question 13

Angiosperm

Answer 13

A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.

Question 14

Photosynthesis

Answer 14

Plants use energy from sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 15

Cellular respiration

Answer 15

The chemical process that generates most of the energy in the cell, supplying molecules needed to make the metabolic reactions

Question 16

Transpiration

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Tropism

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

Question 18

Gravitropism

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Phototropism

Answer 19

the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light

Question 20

Asexual reprodection

Answer 20

A form of reproduction that does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction or fertilization, and the offspring is a clone of the parent organism;because of no exchange of genetic material. Supplement. An organism capable of asexual reproduction is able to produce offspring in the absence of a mate.

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces

Question 22

Malaria

Answer 22

infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion

Question 23

Giardia

Answer 23

infection is an intestinal infection marked by abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea and bouts of watery diarrhea. Giardia infection is caused by a microscopic parasite that is found worldwide, especially in areas with poor sanitation and unsafe water.