Protists , Fungi, and Plants Flashcards

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an organism that belongs to the kingdom Proista

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Protist

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an organism that gets food by eating other organisms and cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materilas

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Heterotroph

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

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Parasite

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4
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an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

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Host

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5
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Eukaryota organism that convert the suns energy into food through photosynthesis but that do not have roots

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Algae

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the microscopic photosynthesis organisms that float near the surface of marine or fresh water

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Phytoplankton

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an organism whose cells have nuclei rigid cell walls and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom fungi

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Fungus

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a non reproductive filament of a fungus

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Hypha

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the mass of the fungal filaments or hypha that forms the body of a fungus

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mycelium

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a reproductive cell or multiecellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and that can develop into an adult without fussing with another cell

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Spore

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11
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a fungus that looks like wool or cotton

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Mold

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a mass of fungal and algal cells that grow together in a symbiotic relationship and that usually found on rocks or trees

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Lichen

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the three groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots stems and levas

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Nonvascular

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a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another

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vascular plant

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woody vascular seed plant whose seed s are not enclosed by ovary or fruit

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gymnospherm

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16
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a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit

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angiosperm

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a root like structure in non vascular plants that holds the plants in a place and helps plants get water and nutrient s

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rhizoid

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a horizontal underground stem that produces new leaves shoots and roots

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rhizome

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the tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed pants

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pollen

20
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the transfer of pollen from he male reproductive structure s to the female structures of the seed

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pollination

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the type of tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from roots

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xylem

22
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the tissue that conducts food in vascular planta

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phloem

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in a flower one of the out outermost rings of the modified leaves leaves that protect the flower bed

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sepal

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one of the ring or rings of the usually brightly colored leaf shaped parts of the flower

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petal

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the male reproductive structure of the flower that produces pollen and consists of an anther rat the tip of the flmanet

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stamne

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the female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consists of an ovary style and stigma

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pistill

27
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in flowering plants the lower part of a pistil that produces eggs in ouvles

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ovary