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- 4. Protozoans (a type of protist) that use cilia to move around (plural). Example: Paramecium.
- 6. A prokaryotic organism that obtains energy from chemical compounds rather than from sunlight (phototroph) or living material (heterotroph)
- 7. The green algae are the common ancestor of this group of organisms (plural). They have several things in common with this group, such as storing glucose as starch and having the same types of photosynthetic pigments.
- 8. The _______ is the reproductive stage of many types of fungi. It produces spores for reproduction and dispersal. This structure is easily seen growing above the ground, while the vegetative stage of fungi (hyphae) is often growing under the ground.
- 10. This group of primitive plants (plural) are nonvascular, meaning they have no vascular system (no way to transport water/sugars long distances inside their body) like more advanced plants
- 13. An anaerobic prokaryote, usually an Archaea, that lives inside the digestive tracts of animals and produces methane gas as a waste product. This leads to belching and gas in the animal.
- 16. A process used in seed plants where a pollen grain containing sperm is transported to the egg for fertilization.
- 17. The Gymnosperms use _____ (plural) for reproduction.
- 19. Viruses are composed of an outer protein coat called a ______and an inner core of DNA or RNA
- 21. The _____Theory proposes that mitochondria and chloroplasts arose when one cell engulfed a prokaryotic cell.
- 22. The first prokaryotes on Earth were ______, meaning they could make energy without oxygen by using fermentation
- 23. The ________ (plural) use flowers for reproduction.
- 25. A waxy covering over the outside of plant cells, which is waterproof and helps slow down the process of evaporation so the plant cells don’t dry out.
- 26. Only found in the Gymnosperm and Angiosperm plant groups, this structure serves as a better dispersal unit than spores because it provides more protection and nutrients to the growing embryo inside it.
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- 1. Structures that surround and protect seeds in angiosperms and help with seed dispersal. They can be dry, fleshy and sweet, or light weight depending on their method of dispersal.
- 2. Hairlike structures that surround some bacterial cells. The cells use these to adhere to other cells (plural).
- 3. Amoeba are protists that use _____to move around in their environment. These are extensions of the cell’s cytoplasm that encircle and engulf prey items.
- 5. Fungi that absorb nutrients from dead organic matter are called _____ (plural).
- 9. This group of bacteria may have been the first living things capable of photosynthesis. Through photosynthesis, oxygen was added to the atmosphere allowing for cellular respiration
- 11. Fungi are _______, meaning they must obtain their energy from another source. Fungi do this by absorbing their food. This is different from the way plants obtain their energy because plants are able to make their own food and so are called autotrophic.
- 12. A type of sexual reproduction found in bacteria where two cells exchange some DNA
- 14. The name of a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and a plant root.
- 15. During the process of nitrogen _____, soil bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form plants can take up. This process is necessary for a plant’s survival.
- 18. Fungi and some plants disperse to new environments using ____ (plural).
- 20. Most fungi are multicellular, but unicellular fungi are called _____
- 23. The group of protists that can photosynthesize like plants.
- 24. A part of the female part of a flower. It is a sticky pad near the top of the flower that catches pollen grains.