protist plant fungi 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 can not make organic compounds from inorganic materials

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Heterotroph

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their cells each have a nucleus

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Eukaryote

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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material

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Decomposer

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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

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Parasite

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an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

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Host

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are eukaryotic heterotrophs that have rigid cell walls and no chlorophyll

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Fungi

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are small reproductive cells that are protected by a thick cell wall

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Spore

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9
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is a combination of a fungus and an alga that grow together

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Lichen

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10
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is a plant that doesnt have specialized tissues to move water and nutrients through the plant

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Nonvascular plant

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a plant that has tissues to deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to another

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Vascular plant

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12
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nonflowering seed plants

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Gymnosperm

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13
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flowering seed plants

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Angiosperm

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14
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is the process by which plants make their own food

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Photosynthesis

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to get energy, plant cells break down glucose and other food molecules in a process

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Cellular respiration

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16
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the loss of water from leaves

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Transpiration

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growth in response to a stimulus is called

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Tropism

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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.

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.Gravitropism

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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

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Phototropism

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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; it does not involve the fusion of gametes, and almost never changes the number of chromosomes

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Asexual Reproduction

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

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Toxoplasmosis

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

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Malaria

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An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite.

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Giardia