Predators
What spectrum of light do Predators primarily see with their thermal vision?
Infrared
What general material makes up the primary diet of herbivores?
Plants
What kingdom do mushrooms belong to?
Fungi
What green pigment is essential for photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
What type of genetic material do viruses contain (DNA or RNA)?
Nucleic
What is the general term for the bony protrusions around a Predator’s mouth?
Mandibles
What type of teeth are typically well-developed in herbivores for grinding plant matter?
Molars
What is the primary structural component of fungal cell walls?
Chitin
What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
Transpiration
What protein coat surrounds the viral genome?
Capsid
Considering the Predator’s camouflage technology, what type of environmental background is it least effective against?
Water
What symbiotic organisms are often essential for digesting cellulose in herbivore guts?
Bacteria
What is the name of the underground network of fungal filaments?
Mycelium
What vascular tissue transports water and minerals upward in plants?
Xylem
What is the process called when a virus integrates its DNA into the host’s DNA?
integration
Based on observed behaviours and weaponry, what type of chemical does the Predator blood likely contain?
Inhibitors
What process describes the adaptation of some herbivores eating clay to neutralize plant toxins?
Geophagy
What term describes a fungus that lives symbiotically with plant roots?
Mycorrhiza
What term describes the plant’s response to the relative lengths of day and night?
Photoperiodism
What term describes a virus that infects bacteria?
Bacteriophage
What term describes the Predator’s observed practice of collecting trophies from their hunts?
Trophism
What plant defense mechanism involves the production of chemicals that inhibit insect digestion?
Allelochemicals
What process describes the formation of spores within a sac-like structure in some fungi?
Ascosporogenesis
What is the name for the programmed cell death that occurs in plants, especially during senescence?
Senescence
What is the enzyme used by retroviruses to synthesize DNA from RNA?
Reverse-transcriptase