Plants

chlorophyll:

                                          

photosynthesis:

                                                   

vascular plants: 

                                              

nonvascular plants: 

                                            

                                          

moss: 

                                           

sexual reproduction:

                                                     

egg:

                   

sperm:  

                     

fertilization:

                       

xylem: 

                       

phloem:   

                                    

fern: 

             

seed:

          

embryo:

               

conifer:

             

pollen:

             

flowering plant:

                         

flower:

              

Protist and Fungi

Protozoan: one-celled animal-like organism with a nucleus.
                                       
Cilia: short, hairlike parts on the surface of a nucleus.
                                                       
Sporozoan: protozoans that reproduce by forming spores.
                                                    
Spore: special cells that develop into two organisms.
                                      
Algae: plantlike protist.
                                             
Multicellular: an organism having many different cells that do certain job for the organism.
                                         
Slime Mold: funguslike protist that are consumers.
                                                                 
Hyphae: threadlike  structures that make up bodies of most fungi.
                                                  
Sporangium fungi: fungi that produces spore in sporangia.
                                           
Sporangia:structures,found on the tips of hyphae, that makes spores.

                                                      
Club fungi: fungi with club-shaped parts that produces spores.
                                                     
Sac fungi: fungi that produces spores in sac-like structures.



Budding: reproduction in which a small part of the parent grows into a new organism.
                                    
Mutualism: a living arrangment in which both organism benefit.
                                     
Lichen: an fungus and an organism with chlorophyll that  live together.
                                                             

Viruses and Monerans

Virus: a chromosome- like part surrounded by a protein coat.
                                           
Host: an organism that provides food for a parasite.
                             
Parasite: an organism that lives in or on another living thing and gets food from it.
                                    
Interferon: a chemical substance that interferes with the way viruses reproduce.
                                   
Vaccine: a substance made from weakened or dead viruses that protects you against certain diseases.
                                       
Bacteria: very small, one-celled monerans
                                       
Colony: a group of similar cells growing next to each other that do not depend on each other.
                                        

Capsule: a sticky outer layer produced by bacteria.
 

Flagellum: a whiplike thread use for movement by bacteria.

Fission: the process of one organism dividing into two organisms.

                               

Asexual reproduction: the reproducin of a living thing from only one parent.

                                          

Endospore: a thick-walled structure that forms inside a bacterial cell.

                                        

Saprophyte: organisms that use dead materials for food.

                                  

Descomposer: living things that get their food from breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicals.

                                   

Koch´s postulates: steps for proving that a disease is caused by a certain microscopic organisms.

                                                            

Communicable disease: those that can be passed from one organisms to another.

                                          

Antibiotic: a chemical substance that kill or slow the growth of bacteria. 

Biotechnology: The use of living thing to solve pratical problems. 

Pasteurization: the process of heating milk to kill harmful bacteria.

Blue-green bacteria: small, one-celled monerans that contain chlorophyll and can make their own food.