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| 49394673 | protozoan | historic term for a heterotrophic protist | |
| 49394674 | alga | historical term for photosynthetic protists- not accepted by all scientists | |
| 49394675 | zygospore | diploid that results from the pairing of gametes of opposite mating types | |
| 49394676 | alternation og generations | life cycle in which haploid gamete-producing individual (gametophyte) alternates with a diploid sore-producing individual (sporophyte) | |
| 49394677 | sporangium | spore capsule in which haploid spores are produced by meiosis | |
| 49394678 | amoeba | a protist that moves using flexible, cytoplasmic extensions | |
| 49394679 | pseudopodium | extension of cytoplasm of the amobea that enables it to move | |
| 49394680 | diatom | photosynthetic unicellular protist of the phylum Bacilariophyta | |
| 49394681 | zoomastigote | unicellular, heterotrophic protist that is a member of the phylum Zoomastigina | |
| 49394682 | euglenoid | member of the phylum Euglenophyta | |
| 49394683 | cilium | in cells, one hairlike structure in tightly packed rows that are used for movement | |
| 49394684 | plasmodium | protist of the phylum Myxomycota; characterized by multinucleate, amoeboid appearence | |
| 49394685 | sporozoite | one of three stages of Plasmodium that lives in mosquitoes and is injected into humans | |
| 49394686 | merozoite | stage of the life cycle of the protism Plasmodium in which the protist divides rapidly in red blood cells and produces many more merozoites |
