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Term | Definition |
Classification | The process of grouping things based on their similarities |
Binomial Nomenclature | The system used for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, scientific name. |
Prokaryote | An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell stuctures |
Eukaryote | An organism whose cell contain nuclei |
Dichotomous key | It is a table to use to identify certain organisms |
Archaea bacteria | They are members of the kingdom archaea |
Virus | A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
Host | The organism that parasites and viruses lives in or on. |
Parasite | The organism that benefits by living on or in a host and harms it |
Flagellum | Is 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 genetic material to another unicellular organism |
Endospore | A small, rounded, thick walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell. |
Decomposer | An organisms that breaks down chemical from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water. |
Protist | A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus. |
Protozoan | An animal like protist |
Pseudopod | A false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans |
Cilia | The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wave-like manner |
Algae | Plantlike protist |
Spore | A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
Fungi | A eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food. |
Hyphae | The branching threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
Fruiting body | The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores. |
Budding | A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body as a parent |
Lichen | The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together that live together in a mutualistic relationship. |
Cuticle | The waxy ,waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants. |
Vascular Tissue | The internal transporting tissue in some plants that is made up of tube-like structures. |
Zygote | A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of an egg and sperm |
nonvascular tissue | |
rhizoid | A thin root-like structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients. |
phloem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants. |
xylem | The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants. |
pollen | Tiny particles produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells. |
seed | The plant structure contains a young plant inside a protective covering |
embryo | A young organism that develops from a zygote |
cotyledon | a seed leaf. |
gemination | The sprouting of the embryo from a seed that occurs where the embryo resumes growth. |
cambium | A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem xylem cells. |
transpiration | The process by which water is lost through a plant leaves |
gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit |
cone | The reproductive system of the gymnosperm |
pollination | The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures in plants |
angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective structure. |
fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds. |
monocot | An angiosperm with one seed leaf |
dicot | An angiosperm with two seed leaves |
tropism | the growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |
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