Terms for Chapter 11, Protists and Fungi
Mr. Lee's Life Science classes.
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| 15152949 | one | the number of cells most protists are made of | |
| 15152950 | chloroplast | the structure where photosynthesis takes place | |
| 15152951 | photosynthesis | process by which sunlight is used to produce energy | |
| 15152952 | binary fission | form of asexual reproduction used by single-celled organisms, resulting in two cells | |
| 15152953 | conjugation | form of sexual reproduction where two organisms share their genetic information | |
| 15152954 | producer | a protist, or organism, that makes its own food | |
| 15152955 | decomposer | an organism that breaks down dead matter for its energy | |
| 15152956 | parasite | an organism that invades another organism to get nutrients | |
| 15152957 | host | an organism that is invaded by another organism for nutrients | |
| 15152958 | heterotroph | an organism that must eat other organisms for its energy | |
| 15152959 | green | the pigment color contained by all algae | |
| 15152960 | phytoplankton | the protist that provides most of the world's oxygen | |
| 15152961 | protozoans | mobile protists | |
| 15153049 | cilia | tiny hairlike structures used for locomotion and feeding | |
| 15153903 | micronucleus | structure that controls reproduction in ciliates | |
| 15153904 | macronucleus | structure that controls the functions in ciliates | |
| 15153905 | foraminiferans | protists with snail-like shells | |
| 15153906 | flagella | whiplike structures on dinoflagellates | |
| 15153907 | diatoms | protists that contain silica | |
| 15153908 | mycorrhiza | a symbiotic relationship between a plant and fungus | |
| 15153909 | lichen | an organism composed of fungus and alga | |
| 15153910 | sac fungi | the largest group of fungi with sac-like structures called asci | |
| 15153911 | club fungi | the group of fungi that mushrooms belong to, with club-like structures called basidia | |
| 15153912 | mold | a fungus that is shapeless and fuzzy | |
| 15153913 | budding | a type of asexual reproduction used by yeasts | |
| 15153914 | hyphae | threadlike fungal filaments | |
| 15153915 | fungi | eukaryotic heterotrophs with rigid cell walls and no chlorophyll | |
| 15153916 | spore | a small reproductive cell that is protected by a thick cell wall | |
| 15153917 | mycelium | a twisted mass of hyphae |
