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 |