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Study Stack #1
Due: Monday,January,22,2015
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Classification | The process of classifying organisms into groups by similarities. |
| Binomial nomenclature | The system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two part scientific name. |
| Prokayote | An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell parts |
| Eukaryote | An organism that has a nucleus |
| Dichotomous Key | A tool that allows the user to determines the identify of items in the natural world, such as, trees, wildflowers, mammals , reptiles, rocks, and fish |
| Archaea bacteria | Microorganism that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organisation, |
| Virus | A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell. |
| Host | The organism that a parasite or virus lives in or on |
| Parasite | The organism that benefits by living on or a host in a paraitism interaction. |
| Flagellum | A long whip like structure that helps a cell to move |
| Binary Fission | A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells. |
| Conjugation | The process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its generic material to another unicellular organism |
| Endospore | A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacteria cell. |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organism, and returns important materials to the soil and water. |
| Protist | A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal,plant, or fungi |
| Protozoan | An animal like protist |
| Pseudopod | A false foot or temparary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozans. |
| Cilia | the harilike projections on the outside of cells that ove in a wave like manner. |
| Algae | Plantlike protist. |
| Spore | A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism. |
| Fungi | Most fungi are multicellular eukaryotes. A few, such as the yeast you use for backing are unicellular eukaryotes. |
| Hyphae | The branching, threadlike tubes that makup the bodies of multicellular fungi. |
| Fruiting Body | The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains mnay hypahe and prduces spores |
| Budding | A form of asexual reprduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body. |
| Lichen | The combination of a funguss and wither an alga of an autophic bacterium that lives together in a mutualistic relationship. |
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Arianna W.
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