Protist,fungi + Plants

Question 1

Protist

Answer 1

any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances

Question 3

Eukaryote

Answer 3

an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

an organism that decomposes organic material

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Parasite

Answer 5

an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the hosts expense

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Host

Answer 6

an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives

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Fungi

Answer 7

any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter

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Spore

Answer 8

a typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion

Question 9

Lichen

Answer 9

a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees

Question 10

Nonvascular plant

Answer 10

They lack roots, stems, and leaves and are low-growing, reproduce with spores, and need a moist habitat

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Vascular plant

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a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue

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Gymnosperm

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a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit

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Angiosperm

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a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpe

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Photosynthesis

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

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Cellular respiration

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

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Transpiration

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the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves

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Tropism

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

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Gravitropism

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

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Phototropism

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

Question 20

Asexual Reproduction

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

Question 21

Toxoplasmosis

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a disease caused by toxoplasmas, transmitted chiefly through undercooked meat, or in soil or cat feces

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Malaria

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an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions

Question 23

Giardia

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is an intestinal infection marked by abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea and bouts of watery diarrhea