Protist, plant, fungi

Question 1

Protist

Answer 1

Any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant or fungus.

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

An organism that ingests or absorbs organic carbon in order to be able to produce energy and synthesize compounds to maintain its life.

Question 3

Eukaryote

Answer 3

any organism whose cells have a cell nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes.

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Parasite

Answer 5

an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.

Question 6

Host

Answer 6

an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.

Question 7

Fungi

Answer 7

any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds,

Question 8

Spore

Answer 8

a rounded resistant form adopted by a bacterial cell in adverse conditions.

Question 9

Lichen

Answer 9

a mass of fungal and algal cells.

Question 10

Nonvascular Plant

Answer 10

the 3 groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues.

Question 11

vascular plant

Answer 11

a plant that has specialized tissues.

Question 12

gymnosperm

Answer 12

a woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by a fruit.

Question 13

angiosperm

Answer 13

a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.

Question 14

photosynthisis

Answer 14

when plants, algae, and bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and and water to make food,

Question 15

cellular respiration

Answer 15

when cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.

Question 16

Transpiration

Answer 16

when plants release water vapor into the air

Question 17

Tropism

Answer 17

growth of part or all of or part of an organism in response to an external stimulus.

Question 18

Gravitropism

Answer 18

the movement or growth to a plant due to gravity

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 in which one parent produces offspring.

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

a disease transmitted through undercooked meat.

Question 22

Malaria

Answer 22

a fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells

Question 23

Giardia

Answer 23

an intestional infection caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water.