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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algae | chiorophyll-containing,plantlike protist that produce oxygen as aresult of photosynthesis. |
| ascus | saclike,spore-producing structure of sac fungi. |
| basidium | club-shaped,reproducing in wich club fungi produces spores. |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction in wich a new ,genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent. |
| cillia | in protists,hort ,threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly. |
| flagellum | long,thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through wet or moist surroundigs. |
| hyphae | the mass of many-celled,threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus . |
| mycorrhizae | a network of hyphae and plant roots that helps absorbs 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. |
| pseudopods | temporary cytoplasic extensions used by some protist 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,haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divde by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can developed into sex cells. |