Science 4 Flashcards
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom
Protist
An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances
Heterotroph
any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type
Eukaryote
An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
Decomposer
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another
Parasite
is an organism that harbors a parasite
Host
a plural of fungus
Fungi
a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism
Spore
composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an algae
Lichen
Any of various plants that lack vascular tissue
Nonvascular plant
a plant having a vascular system.
Vascular plant
a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary
Gymnosperm
a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary
Angiosperm
A system where plants make there own food
Photosynthesis
the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells
Cellular respiration
the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves,
Transpiration
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth
Tropism
the movement or growth of plants in response to gravity
Gravitropism
tendency or growth
Phototropism
reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore
Asexual Reproduction
infection with the parasite
Toxoplasmosis
any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent
Malaria
an intestinal disorder
Giardia
