Science 4 Flashcards

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any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom

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Protist

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An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances

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Heterotroph

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3
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any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type

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Eukaryote

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An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter

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Decomposer

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5
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an organism that lives on or in an organism of another

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Parasite

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6
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is an organism that harbors a parasite

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Host

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7
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a plural of fungus

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Fungi

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a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism

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Spore

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9
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composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an algae

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Lichen

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10
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Any of various plants that lack vascular tissue

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Nonvascular plant

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a plant having a vascular system.

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Vascular plant

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12
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a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary

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Gymnosperm

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13
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a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary

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Angiosperm

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14
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A system where plants make there own food

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Photosynthesis

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15
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the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells

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Cellular respiration

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16
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the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves,

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Transpiration

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an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth

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Tropism

18
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the movement or growth of plants in response to gravity

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Gravitropism

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tendency or growth

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Phototropism

20
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reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore

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Asexual Reproduction

21
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infection with the parasite

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Toxoplasmosis

22
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any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent

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Malaria

23
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an intestinal disorder

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Giardia