Protist, Plant, Fungi

Question 1

Protist

Answer 1

an organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista

Question 2

Decomposer

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Heterotroph

Answer 3

an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and tat cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materials

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parasite

Answer 4

an organism that feeds on an organism of another species and usually harms the host

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Eukaryote

Answer 5

an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus

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Fungi

Answer 6

a group of spore producing organisms feeding on organic matter

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Spore

Answer 7

a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans.

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Lichen

Answer 8

slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees

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Nonvascular plant

Answer 9

they do not have conducting tissue

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Vascular plant

Answer 10

a plant that has conducting tissue

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Gymnosperm

Answer 11

a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit

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Angiosperm

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a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpe

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host

Answer 13

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

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photosynthesis

Answer 14

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

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Cellular respiration

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a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate

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Transpiration

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is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere

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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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s 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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Phototropism

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

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Asexual Reproduction

Answer 20

a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism

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Toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

A disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite

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Malaria

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

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Giardia

Answer 23

An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite