protists, fungi, plants Flashcards
protists
an organism that belongs to the Kingdom Protista
Heterotroph
an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their by-products and that cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materials
Eukaryotic
an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; eukaryotes include animals plants and fungi but not archaea bacteria or eubacteria
Decomposer
an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms are animal wastes and consuming her absorbing the nutrients
Parasite
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
Host
an orgasm from which a parasite takes food or shelter
Fungi
a kingdom made up of non-green earache organisms that have no means of movement reproduced by using spores and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients
Spore
reproductive cell or multicellular structure that is resistant to stressful environmental conditions and that’s the develop into an adult without fusing with another cell
Lichen
a massive fungal and agile cells that grow together in a symbiotic relationship and that are usually found on rocks and trees
Nonvascular plant
the three groups of plants liverworts hornworts in mosses that lack specialized conducting tissues in true roots stems and leaves
Vascular plant
a plant that has specialized tissue that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another
Gymnosperm
a woody vascular seed plants whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit
Angiosperma
flowering plant that produces seeds within an aproved
Photosynthesis
the process by which plants algae and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to make food
Cellular respiration
the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food
Transpiration
the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms
Tropism
growth of all or part of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light
Gymnosperm
seed plants that do not have words or fruit usually protected by a cone of four groups are conifers ginkgoes cycads and gneophytes
phototropism
a change of direction of plant grows that is caused by light
asexual reproduction
reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are generally identical to the parent
xylem
the type of tissue and vascular plants that provide support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots
phloem
the tissue that conducts food in vascular plants
lichen
a mass of fungal and agal cells that grow together in a symbiotic relationship that are usually found on rocks of trees
vascular plant
a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another