From Bacteria to Plants - Chapter 3
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 protozoan | an animal-like protist (p81) |
| pseudopod | a "false foot" or temporary bulge of the cell membrane used for feeding and movement in some protozoans (p81) |
| contractile vacuole | the cell structure that collects extra water from the cytoplasm and then expels it from the cell (p82) |
| cilia | the hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner (p83) |
| symbiosis | a close relationship between two organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits (p84) |
| mutualism | a type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from living together (p84) |
| spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism (p85) |
| algae | a plantlike protist (p86) |
| pigment | a chemical that produces color (p87) |
| algal bloom | the rapid growth of a population of algae (p90) |
| red tide | an algal bloom that occurs in salt water (p91) |
| eutrophication | the buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae (p92) |
| hypha | one of many branching, threadlike tubes that make up the body of a fungus (p96) |
| fruiting body | the reproductive hypha of a fungus (p98) |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new yeast cell grows out of the body of a parent (p98) |
| lichen | the combination of a fungus and either algae or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship (p104) |
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