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science ch. 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alga (algae, plural) | Plant-like protists |
| cilium (cilia, plural) | short, hair-like projections |
| life cycle | the cycle of phases it goes through until it returns to the starting phase |
| protist | Most single-celled eukaryotes |
| Protist Kingdom | Protists are placed in this kingdom |
| protozoan (protozoa, plural) | Animal-like protists |
| pseudopod | temporary extensions of the cytoplasm |
| chitin | a tough carbohydrate that make up the cell wall of fungi |
| fungus (fungi, plural) | relatively simple eukaryotic organisms |
| Fungus Kingdom | Fungi are placed in this kingdom |
| hypha (hyphae, plural) | Other fungi grow into multicellular, thread-like structures |
| lichen | relationship between a fungus and cyanobacteria or green algae |
| mold | these are fungi that are multicellular organisms |
| mycelium (mycelia, plural) | A mass of hyphae that makes up the body of a fungus |
| mycorrhiza | a relationship between a fungus and a plant |
| spore | a special reproductive cell |
| yeast | these are fungi that exist as single cells |