Protists
Bacteria
Fungi
Vertebrate/invertebrate
Vocab
100
Animal-like protists
What is a protozoan?
100
What is a process by which bacteria asexually?
Binary Fission, Conjugation
100
What is fungi
Eukaryotes that have cell walls, feed by absorbing their food, and reproduce sexually or asexually.
100
What are vertebrates?
An animal with a backbone.
100
What is a antibiotic?
An antibacterial is an agent that kills or inactivates bacteria.
200
Plant-like protists
What is algae?
200
What is the process of breaking down food to release energy?
Decomposers
200
What are branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi?
Hyphae
200
What is an invertebrate?
An animal without a backbone.
200
What is an autotroph?
An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
300
What is a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism?
Spore
300
What are ribosomes?
Tiny structures that produce proteins inside bacteria.
300
What is a fruiting body?
Reproductive structure that produces spores?
300
A flexible rod that supports a chordate's back is called...?
A notochord.
300
What is an endotherm?
An organism that generates heat to maintain its body temperature, typically above the temperature of its surroundings.
400
What is a chemical that produces color?
Pigment
400
What is a whip-like structure that helps a bacterial cell to move?
Flagellum
400
What is budding?
A form of asexual reproduction in which no spores are produced.
400
What is a mammal that completes its development in a pouch on the mother's body?
A marsupial.
400
Who is Fleming?
The Scottish scientist, Alexander Fleming, was the founder of the antibiotic “penicillium”.
500
What is a temporary bulge of the cytoplasm used for feeding and movement?
Pseudopod
500
What is pasteurization?
A method of slowing down food spoilage?
500
What is a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a relationship that benefits both organisms?
Lichen
500
What is a skeletal tissue more flexible than bone?
Cartilage
500
What are monotremes?
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals.
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