protist, plant, fungi Flashcards
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any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms
protist
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
heterotroph
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
eukaryote
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertabrate, that decomposes organic material
decomposer
an organism that lives in an organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at its host’s expense
parasite
an animal or plant in which a parasite lives
host
used to describe something that has appeared or grown rapidly
fungi
one celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion
spore
a simple slow growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
lichen
no vascular tissue
non vascular plant
a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue
vascular plant
a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit
gymnosperm
a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel
angiosperm
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide
photosynthesis
break up sugars
cellular respiration
the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves
transpiration
the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus
tropism
growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity
gravitropism
the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light
phototropism
offspring arise from a single organism
asexual reproduction
a disease caused by toxoplasmas, transmitted chiefly through under cooked meat
toxoplasmosis
transmitted by mosquitos
malaria
infection caused by a microscopic parasite that is found worldwide
giardia
