organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.
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chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.
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round spore case of a zygote fungus.
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a type of reproduction—fission, budding, and regeneration—in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism. (2 words)
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one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms.
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temporary cytoplasmic extension used by some protists to move about and trap food.
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organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium.
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in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly.
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form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent.
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waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells.
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network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil.
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club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores.
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long, whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings.
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one- or many-celled eukarytic organism that can be plantlike,animal-like, or funguslike.