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Biology for Secondary Schools



              Order                                   Protoctista
                   fourth taxonomic rank of                 kingdom that includes amoeba,
                   classification                         plasmodia, euglena, and paramecia
              Organ                                   Pseudopodia
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                     a group of tissues that carry out the       cell extensions in amoeba used
                   same function                          for either locomotion or engulfing
              Organelles                                  food particles
                   small  structures  found inside  the   Radicle
                   cell having a specialised function,        part of plant embryo that develops
                   for    example     mitochondria,       into a root
                   chloroplasts, and vacuoles         Rhizoids

              Osmoregulation                                 root-like structure of fungi and other
                   active regulation of the osmotic       non- vascular plants like mosses
                   pressure  of  body  fluids  so  that   Root hair
                   they do not become excessively             extension of an epidermal cell of a
                   diluted or concentrated                root that helps to absorb water and
              Phloem                                      minerals from the   soil

                  tissues made up of sieve-tube       Scientific methods
                   elements and companion cells that        a set of steps used in science to
                   transport manufactured  food in        prove a hypothesis
                   vascular plants                    Sense organs
              Phylum                                        groups of tissues that  enable  us

                  second  rank  of  classification  in    to observe things through seeing,
                   animals                                smelling,  hearing,  tasting,  or
              Pollen                                      touching them
                  the  male  gametes  of  a  flowering   Sensitivity
                   plant                                    ability  to detect  and respond to

              Prokaryotic cell                            stimuli. It is also referred to as
                  cell that  does not have  a  true       irritability
                   nucleus   or   membrane-bound      Skin
                   organelles                               the organ forming the outermost
              Proteins                                    covering of the body of vertebrates

                    organic  compounds  made  up  of   Specific epithet
                   amino acids                              the second part of a scientific name



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