protists, fungi, and plants Flashcards
an organism that belongs to the kingdom protista
protists
an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that bcan not make organic compounds from inorganic materials
heterotrough
an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane eukaryotes include animals plants fungi but not archaebacteria or eubacteria
Eukaryote
an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or abosrbing the nutrients
decomposer
an organism that feeds on an organism of another species the host 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
hosts
an organism whose cells have no nucluei rigid cell walls and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom fungi
fungi
a reproductive cell or multicellular structure that is resistant to stressful enviromental conditions and that can develop into an adult without fusing with another cell
spore
a mass of fungal and algal cells that grow together in symbiotic relationship and that are usually found on rocks or trees
lichen
the 3 groups of plants liverworts, hornworts, and mosses that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves
nonvascular plant
a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another
vascular plant
a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit
gymnosperm
a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
angiosperm
the process by which plants algae and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to make food
photosynthisis
the process by which cells use oxegen toproduce energy from food
cellular respiration
the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata
transpiration
the growth of all or part an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light
tropism
a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity
gravitropism
the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light
phototropism
reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
asexual reproduction
a disease that results from infection with the toxoplasma gondii parasite
toxoplasmosis
is a misquito born disease caused by a parasite
malaria
an intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite
giardia
