Protists, fungi, and plants

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Protist

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an organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista

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Heterotroph

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an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or there byproducts

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Eukaryote

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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. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria

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Decomposer

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

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Parasite

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an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host’s expense

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Host

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

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Fungi

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an organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chloropyll

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Spore

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a reproductive cell

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Lichen

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

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Nonvascular plant

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belong to the division Bryophyta, which includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

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Vascular plant

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a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue

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Gymnosperm

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Their naked condition stands in contrast to the seeds and ovules of flowering plants

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Angiosperm

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

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Photosynthesis

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the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct

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Cellular respiration

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The chemical process that generates most of the energy in the cell

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Transpiration

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is the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves

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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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the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light

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Asexual Reproduction

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by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only

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Toxoplasmosis

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a disease caused by toxoplasmas, transmitted chiefly through undercooked meat, or in soil or cat feces

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Malaria

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an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells

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Giardia

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infection is an intestinal infection marked by abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea and bouts of watery diarrhea