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Module #3 Pseudopod |
A temporary,foot like extension of a cell , used for locomotion or engulfing food.N |
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Nucleus |
The region of a eukaryotic cell that contains the cell's main DNA |
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Vacuole |
A membrane-bound "Sac" within a cell . |
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Food vacuoles |
hold & store food while it is being digested |
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Contractile vacuoles |
Regulates the amount of water in the cell |
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Ectoplasm |
The thin, watery cytoplasm near the plasma membrane of some cells |
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Endoplasm |
The dense cytoplasm found in the interior of many cells |
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Flagellate |
A protozoan that propels itself with a flagellum |
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Flagellate |
A protozoan that propels itself with a flagellum |
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Pellicle |
A firm flexible coating outside the plasma membrane |
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Chloroplasts |
An organelle containing chlorophyll for photosynthesis |
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Chlorophyll |
A pigment necessary for photosynthesis |
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Eyespot |
A light sensitive region in certain Protozoa |
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Symbiosis |
A close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits |
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Mutualism |
A relationship between two or more organisms of different species where all benefit from the association |
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Commensalism |
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited |
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Parasitism |
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed |
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Cilia |
Hairlike projections that extend from the membrane and are used for locomotion |
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Macro nucleus |
Controls the paramecium' s metabolism |
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Cilia |
Hairlike projections that extend from the membrane and are used for locomotion |
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Macro nucleus |
Controls the paramecium' s metabolism |
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Micro nucleus |
Controls reproduction |
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Spore |
A reproduction cell with a hard protective coating |
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Planting |
Tiny organisms that float in the water |
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Zooplankton |
Tiny floating organisms that are either small animals or Protozoa |
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Phytoplankton |
Tiny floating photosynthesis organisms primarily algae |
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Thallus |
The body of a plant -like organism that is not divided into leaves, roots or stems |
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Holdfast |
A special structure used by an organism to anchor itself |
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Sessile colony |
A colony that uses holdfasts to anchor itself to an object |
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Module #4
Kingdom fugi |
Fungi |
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Extracellular digestion |
Digestion that takes place outside of the cell |
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Mycelium (plural is mycelia ) |
The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion & absorption of the digested food |
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Hypha (plural is hyphae) |
A filament of fungal cells |
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Extracellular digestion |
Digestion that takes place outside of the cell |
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Septate hypha |
The hyphae composed of individual cells separated from one another by cell walls |
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Nonseptate hyphae |
No cell walls and the nuclei are spread throughout the hypha |
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Rhizoid hypha |
- a hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows |
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Aerial hypha |
A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which fungus grows |
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Sporophore |
Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores |
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Stolon |
An aerial hypha that asexually reproduced to make more filament |
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Haustorium |
a hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host's cell , absorbing nutritions directly from the cytoplasm |
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Chitin |
a chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility |
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Fruiting bodies |
the specialized structures sexual reproduction that usually occurs in fungi during sexual reproduction |
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Phylum basidiomycota |
form sexual spores on clublike basidia |
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Ascomycota |
form sexual spores in saclike fungi |
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Zygomycota |
form spores where hyphae fuse |
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Chytridiomcota |
forms spores with flagella |
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Deuteromycota |
fungi with no known method of sexual reproduction |
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Myxomycota |
fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives |
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Membrane |
A thin covering of tissue |
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Button stage |
The stage of the mushroom, When the hyphae are formed in the membrane, |
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Fairy rings |
Mushrooms ring that ln middle no mushroom grow |
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Rust |
Form of fungi that are parasitic |
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Wheat rust |
Has a main host and an alternate host |
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Smut |
Another group of parasitic fungi in the phylum basidiomycota |
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Fermentation |
The anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules |
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Distillation |
1. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling. "the petroleum distillation process" |
