protist, fungi, and plants

Question 1

Protist

Answer 1

An organism that belongs to the Kingdom Protista

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

an organism that gets food by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot make organic compounds from inorganic materials

Question 3

Eukaryote

Answer 3

an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; eukaryotes include animals, plants, and fungi but not archaebacteria or eubacteria

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients

Question 5

Parasite

Answer 5

An organism that feeds on an organism of another species and that usually harms the host; the host never benefits from the presence of the parasite.

Question 6

Host

Answer 6

an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

Question 7

fungi

Answer 7

a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryote organism that have no means of movement, reproduce by using spores, and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients.

Question 8

spore

Answer 8

reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion,

Question 9

lichen

Answer 9

composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship

Question 10

nonvascular plant

Answer 10

lack roots, stems, and leaves. reproduce from spores.

Question 11

vascular plant

Answer 11

a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue.

Question 12

Gymnosperm

Answer 12

a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit

Question 13

angiosperm

Answer 13

a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed with a carpel.

Question 14

Photosynthesis

Answer 14

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

Question 15

cellular respiration

Answer 15

a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into ATP and then release waste products.

Question 16

Transpiration

Answer 16

the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.

Question 17

tropism

Answer 17

the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.

Question 18

Gravitropism

Answer 18

a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity

Question 19

Phototropism

Answer 19

the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light ( positive phototropism ) or away from it ( negative phototropism ).

Question 20

asexual reproduction

Answer 20

a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only

Question 21

toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

A disease that results from infection with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite.

Question 22

malaria

Answer 22

A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

Question 23

Giardia

Answer 23

An intestinal infection caused by a giardia parasite.