protist plant fungi Flashcards
an organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista
Protist
an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that can not make organic compounds from inorganic materials
Heterotroph
their cells each have a nucleus
Eukaryote
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
Decomposer
an 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
Parasite
an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter
Host
are eukaryotic heterotrophs that have rigid cell walls and no chlorophyll
Fungi
are small reproductive cells that are protected by a thick cell wall
Spore
is a combination of a fungus and an alga that grow together
Lichen
is a plant that doesnt have specialized tissues to move water and nutrients through the plant
Nonvascular plant
a plant that has tissues to deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to another
Vascular plant
nonflowering seed plants
Gymnosperm
flowering seed plants
Angiosperm
is the process by which plants make their own food
Photosynthesis
to get energy, plant cells break down glucose and other food molecules in a process
Cellular respiration
the loss of water from leaves
Transpiration
growth in response to a stimulus is called
Tropism
is a coordinated process of differential growth by a plant or fungus in response to gravity pulling on it. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms.
.Gravitropism
the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light ( positive phototropism ) or away from it ( negative phototropism
Phototropism
Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction 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
Asexual Reproduction
A disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite.
Toxoplasmosis
A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes
Malaria
An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite.
Giardia