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Endocytosis
A process in which
cell takes in
materials from the
outside by
engulfing and
fusing them with its
plasma membrane.
When a cell
absorbs
materials from
outside while
mixing them
with its plasma
membrane.
Exocytosis
The process in
which the cell
releases materials
to the outside by
discharging them as
membranebounded vesicles
passing through the
cell membrane.
When a cell
lets materials
outside by
releasing them
as membranebounded
vesicles
moving
through the
cell membrane.
Vascular
Pertaining to blood
vessels or indicative
of a copious blood
supply. Et. Having
vessels that
conduct and
circulate fluids.
An organism
that has
vessels that
circulates its
fluids.
Non-vascular
Destitute of
vessels;
extravascular
An organism
that doesn’t
have vessels to
circulate fluids.
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Gymnosperm
Gymnosperms are a
group of vascular
plants whose seeds
are not enclosed by
a ripened ovary
(fruit).
Plants that do
not produce
fruit.
Angiosperm
A flowering, fruitbearing plant or
tree, the ovules
(and therefore
seeds) of these
plants develop
within an enclosed
ovary.
Seeds are
covered by
fruit to protect
the seed.
Xylem
Phloem
A type of vascular
tissue in terrestrial
plants composed of
trachery elements,
tracheids and wood
vessels and of
additional xylem
fibers, and is
primarily involved
in transporting
water and nutrient
(from the roots to
the shoot and
leaves) and
providing structural
support.
A tissue in a
vascular plant that
functions primarily
in transporting
organic food
materials (e.g.
sucrose) from the
leaf to all the parts
of the plant.
A structure
that moves
water and
nutrients up
from the roots
to the shoot
and leaves.
Moves
nutrients from
the leaves to
the rest of the
plant.
Heterotrophic
Pertaining to the
utilization of
organic compounds
as source of
carbon.
An organism
has to eat to
survive.
Autotrophic
Self-sustaining or
self-nourishing
organisms that
have the ability to
synthesize their
own food from
inorganic materials,
e.g. carbon dioxide
and nitrogen.
An organism
that makes its
own food.
Herbivore
An animal that
consumes
herbaceous
vegetation.
Eats plants.
Carnivore
An animal or plant
that requires a
staple diet
consisting mainly or
exclusively of
animal tissue
through predation
or scavenging.
Eats meat.
Omnivore
An animal that
feeds on both
plants and animals
and humans to
survive.
Eats meat and
plants.
A type of asexual
reproduction
common among
prokaryotes where
a cell divides giving
rise to two cells,
each having the
potential to grow to
the size of the
original cell.
Asexual
reproduction
that happens
within a single
celled
organism.
The process
whereby two
ciliates come
together in a
temporary fusion to
exchange
micronuclear
material, then
separate, each
being a fertilized
cell.
Sexual
reproduction
between two
single celled
organisms.
Binary Fission
Conjugation
Complete
Metamorphosi
s
A kind of
metamorphosis in
which insects
undergo complete
physical change, i.e.
developing and
going through four
life stages: embryo,
larva, pupa and
imago.
Metamorphosi
s with four
stages: egg,
larvae, pupa,
and adult.
Incomplete
Metamorphosi
s
A partial
metamorphosis in
insects in which
there is no
complete physical
change in insects,
i.e. absence of
pupal stage during
their development
from embryo into
adult form.
Metamorphosi
s with three
stages: egg,
nymph, and
adult.