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protists
a diverse collection of organisms are primarily microscopic and unicellular or made up of a single cell
heterotroph
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
eukaryotic
Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes
decmposer
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms,
parasite
an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species
host
a home for a bacteria or virus
fungi
a living thing such as a mushroom
spore
typically one-celled reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion
lichen
a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty leafish thing or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
non vascular plants
The non-vascular plants include mosses, hornworts and liverworts, and some algae
gymnosperm
a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit. Gymnosperms include the conifers, cycads, and ginkgo.
angiosperm
a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel
photosythesis
the way a plant makes energy
cellular respiration
a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate
Transpiration
is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts
tropism
the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.
Gravitropism
coordinated process of differential growth by a plant or fungus in response to gravity pulling on it
Phototropism
the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light
asexual reproduction
the ability to mate with only one being
Xylem
the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem
Phloem
the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves
vascular plant
a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue
