Question | Answer |
algae | chlorophyll containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis. |
ascus | saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi. |
basidium | club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores. |
budding | form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent. |
cilia | in protist, short, 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 moist or wet surroundings. |
hyphae | mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus. |
mycorrhizae | network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals form 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 organism. |
pseudopod | temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about. |
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 divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire plant or can develop sex cells. |