Protist,Fungi, and Plants Flashcards
An organism that belongs to the kingdom Protista
Protist
An organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materials
Heterotroph
an organism that feeds on an organism of another species
Parasite
An organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter
Host
An organism whose cells have nuclei,rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom Fungi
Fungus
An organism that has DNA
Eukaryote
An organism that lives off decomposing dead organisms
Decomposer
A typically one celled reproductive unit
Spore
A simple slow growing plant
Lichen
A plant that lacks vascular tissue
Nonvascular Plant
A plant that has a vascular system
Vascular Plant
A plant that has unprotected seeds
Gymnosperm
A plant that produces seeds enclosed in a carpel
Angiosperm
It’s what some organisms do to get energy instead of eating
Photosynthesis
It’s what cells do to break up sugars
Cellular Respiration
