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In some biological taxonomy schemes, protists were a large group of diverse eukaryotic, mainly unicellular microorganisms, that do not form tissues. Formerly, these were assigned to the now-obsolete kingdom Protista.
Protist
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
Heterotroph
A eukaryote is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes.
Eukaryote
are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
Decomposer
an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host’s expense.
Parasite
n biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite
Host
A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes unicellular microorganisms such as yeasts and molds
Fungi
is a 2008 multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright
Spore
a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria (or both) living among filaments of a fungus in a symbiotic relationship.
Linchen
Simple nonvascular plants Green algae Complex nonvascular plants Bryophyta, mosses Marchantiophyta, liverworts Anthocerotophyta, hornworts
Nonvascular plan
Vascular plants, also known as tracheophytes and also higher plants, form a large group of plants that are defined as those land plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant
Vascular plant
The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales. The term “gymnosperm” comes from the Greek composite word , meaning “naked seeds”, after the unenclosed condition of their seeds
Gymnosperm
The flowering plants, also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Wikipedia
Angiosperm
is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy, normally from the Sun, into chemical energy that can be later released to fuel the organisms’ activities.
Photosynthesis
is what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy. This happens in all forms of life. Cellular respiration takes in food and uses it to create ATP, a chemical which the cell uses for energy.
Cellular respiration
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. Transpiration is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.Apr 15, 2014
Transpiration
the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.
Tropism
(also known as geotropism) is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms.
Gravitropism
the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light ( positive phototropism ) or away from it ( negative phototropism ).
Phototropism
is a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only; it does not involve the fusion of gametes and almost never changes the number of chromosomes.
Asexual Reproduction
transmitted chiefly through undercooked meat, or in soil or cat feces. Symptoms generally pass unremarked in adults, but infection can be dangerous to unborn children.
Toxoplasmosis
disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes
Malaria
is a genus of anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites of the phylum Sarcomastigophora that colonise and reproduce in the small intestines of several vertebrates, causing giardiasis
Giardia
