Chapter 7
Any organism that is not an animal, plant, bacterium, or fungus
What is a protist?
Another name for flowering plants
What is angiosperm?
The colorful structure of the flower that helps attract insects and birds
What are petals?
Animals with backbones
What are vertebrates?
This type of digestion occurs in the stomach and intestines
What is chemical digestion?
Most protists reproduce asexually through this process
What is mitosis?
This makes up plant cell walls
What is cellulose?
Growth responses of a plant to its environment
What are tropisms?
Jellyfish have this type of symmetry
What is radial symmetry?
Animals caught and eaten by other animals
What are prey?
Protists that surround and engulf its food with slow-moving pseudopods
What are amoebas?
The leaves of ferns
What are fronds?
This plant hormone causes cells to enlarge
What are auxins?
Sharks and rays belong to this group of fish
What are cartilaginous fish?
Tough bands of tissue that hold bones together
What are ligaments?
Long cells bound together that make up fungi
What are hyphae?
Vascular tissue that transports water in plants
What is xylem?
What is thigmotropism?
This group of mammals have a pouch where young develop
What are marsupials?
Tiny openings that connect to an insect's tracheae
What are spiracles?
The group of fungi that includes black bread mold
What is zygote fungi?
Root-like structures that attach mosses and hornworts to the ground
What are rhizoids?
The repeating cycle of gametophyte and sporophyte structures
What is alternation of generations?
This group of arthropods has two body segments and eight legs
What are chelicerates?
Jellyfish have this type of skeleton
What is a hydroskeleton?