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ch. 8 science words
these are the words and definitions of my science book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algae | chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis |
| ascus | saclike, spore-poducing structure of sac fungi |
| basidium | club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores |
| budding | form of sexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent |
| cilia | in protists, short, threadlike structures, that exend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly |
| flagellum | long, thin whiplike structure thaat helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings |
| hyphae | mass of many-celled organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or funguslike |
| 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 to minerals from soil |
| protist | one- or many-celled 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 extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food |
| saphropyte | organisms 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, haploid cells produced in the gamephyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells |