Term | Definition |
classification | the process of grouping things based on there similarities |
binomial nomenclature | the system for naming organism |
prokaryote | a organism whose cell lack a nucleus |
eukaryote | a organism with a nucleus |
Dichotomous key | |
Archaea bacteria | |
virus | a tiny nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
host | the organism that has 2 different alleles for for a trait |
parasite | the organism that benefits by a living on or in a a host in a parasitism interaction |
flagellum | a long whiplike structure that helps a cell to move |
binary fission | a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides into 2 |
conjugation | the process in which a unicellular organism transfer some of its genetic martial to another unicellar organism |
endospore | a small,rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that formed inside a bacterial cell |
decomposer | an organism that brakes down chemicals |
protist | a eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as a animal, plant, or fungus |
protozoan | an animal-like protist |
pseudopod | a false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement |
cilia | the hair like projections on the outside of cells that move like waves |
algae | plantlike protist |
spore | a tiny cell this is able to grow into a new organism |
fungi | a eukaryotic organism that has cell wall, uses spores to reproduces |
hyphae | the branching, threadlike, tubes |
fruiting body | the reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hype and produces spores |
budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which cell grows out of the body of a parent |
lichen | the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship |