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Protists

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A key characteristic of protists is that at some point during their life cycles they must include
soil
blood
algae
water
water
A type of protist characterized by great flexibility and the presence of psuedopods
Euglena
Hydra
Volvox
Amoeba
Amoeba
A protist is any .... organism (one with cells containing a nucleus) that is not an animal, plant or fungus.
Holds the chlorophyll and needed for photosynthesis
chloroplast
Amoebas anchor to nearby surfaces using extensions of cytoplasm called:
test
flagella
cilia
pseudopods
pseudopods
The side-by-side reproduction of two paramecia where nuclear material is exchanged is called
mating
asexual reproduction
conjugation
dating
conjugation
Paramecia use .... to remove excess water from the cell.
A protist that has single flagellum to move itself and can obtain its nutrients by photosynthesis:
Sporozoa
Amoeba
Hydra
Euglena
Euglena
An area on a protist that is sensitive to the amount of light in the environment
Eye Spot
Vacuole
Nucleus
Flagelum
Eye Spot
A colony of green algae, resembling a hollow ball:
Euglea
Volvox
Dinobryon
Amoeba
Volvox
A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction:
Nucleus
An organism that cannot make it's own food and eats other things:
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Heterotroph
Storage of food in a protist is called:
pseudopod
nucleus
food vacuole
flagelum
food vacuole
A long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move:
flagelum
A hairlike projections that extend from the plasma membrane and are used for movement:
Cilla

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