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Term | Definition |
algae | chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis |
ascus | saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi |
basidium | club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores |
budding | form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent |
cilia | in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly |
flagellum | long, thin, whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings |
hyphae | mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus |
lichen | organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium |
mycorrhizae | network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil |
protist | one-or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or funguslike |
protozoan | one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms |
pseudopod | temporary cytoplasmic extension used by so me protists to move about and trap food |
saprophyte | organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms |
sporangium | round spore case of a zygote fungus |
spore | waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, a haploid cell produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire plant or can develop into sex cells |
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