Plant/Protist/Fungi Flashcards
(22 cards)
Protist
collection of organisms
Heterotroph
organism deriving nutritional requirements
Eukaryotic
organism with its nucleus enclosed in membranes
Decomposer
a organism that decomposes organic material
Parasite
an organism living within another organism
Host
an animal/plant which a parasite can live in
Fungi
plural for fungus
Spore
a one-celled reproductive unit
Lichen
a simple slow-growing plant
Nonvascular plant
a plant that includes mosses liverworts and hornworts
Vascular plant
A conducting tissue plant
Gymnosperm
A plant that has unprotected seeds
Angiosperm
a plant that has flowers and produces seeds
Photosynthesis
green plants and other organisms use sunlight for food
Cellular respiration
a set of metabolic reactions
Transpiration
process of water movement through something
Tropism
turning all of the organism in a certain direction
Gravitropism
a coordinate process
Phototropism
orientation of a plant
Asexual Reproduction
a reproduction with a single celled offspring
Xylem
Vascular tissue
Phloem
vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugar