ppf

Question 1

protist

Answer 1

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

Question 2

heterotroph

Answer 2

an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food

Question 3

eukaryote

Answer 3

any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and an elaborate system of division by mitosis or meiosis, characteristic of all life forms except bacteria, blue-green algae, and other primitive microorganisms

Question 4

decomposer

Answer 4

an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances

Question 5

parasite

Answer 5

organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment

Question 6

host

Answer 6

living animal or plant from which a parasite obtains nutrition

Question 7

fungi

Answer 7

taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds

Question 8

spore

Answer 8

a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly

Question 9

lichen

Answer 9

any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc

Question 10

Nonvascular plant

Answer 10

Any of various plants that lack vascular tissue

Question 11

vascular plant

Answer 11

a plant having a vascular system

Question 12

gymnosperm

Answer 12

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

Question 13

angiosperm

Answer 13

plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary

Question 14

photosynthesis

Answer 14

the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll

Question 15

celluar respiration

Answer 15

the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes

Question 16

transpertation

Answer 16

to move

Question 17

tropism

Answer 17

an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.

Question 18

gravitopism

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Question 19

asexual reproduction

Answer 19

reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes

Question 20

toxoplasmosis

Answer 20

infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces

Question 21

malaria

Answer 21

any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating

Question 22

giardia

Answer 22

any flagellate of the genus Giardia, parasitic in the intestines of vertebrates