protist plant fungi

Question 1

Protist

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A protist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant or fungus

Question 2

Heterotroph

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A heterotroph is 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

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

Question 4

decomposer

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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

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an organism that lives off or in another organism

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Host

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

Question 7

Fungi

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A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Spore

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Spores, for the most part, are units of asexual reproduction. They are produced by nonflowering plants, bacteria, fungi, and algae, and are often able to travel over long distances.

Question 9

Lichen

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A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship.

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Nonvascular plant

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Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem

Question 11

Vascular plant

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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.

Question 12

Gymnosperm

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

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Angiosperm

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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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Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms’ activities.

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Cellular respiration

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Cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products

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Transpiration

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Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers

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Tropism

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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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Gravitropism

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

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Phototropism

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is the growth of an organism which responds to a light stimulus

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Asexual Reproduction

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Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only;

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

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

Question 22

Malaria

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

Question 23

Giardia

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An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite.