3491001829 | Amoeba | a type of protist characterized by great flexibility and the presence of psuedopods | 0 | |
3491035703 | Autotroph | an organism that makes its own food | 1 | |
3491040860 | Binary Fission | a form of sexual reproduction in single-celled organism by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size | 2 | |
3491075569 | Chloroplast | holds the chlorophyll and needed for photosynthesis | 3 | |
3491100048 | Cilla | hairlike projections that extend from the plasma membrane and are used for movement | 4 | |
3491111504 | Colony | a group of volvox together are called this | 5 | |
3491128622 | contractile Vacuole | saclike organell that expand to collect excess water and contact to squeeze the water out of the cell (like our bladder does with urine) | 6 | |
3491161936 | Euglena | a protist that has single flagellum to move itself and can obtain its nutrients by photosynthesis | 7 | |
3491190385 | Eukaryotes | cells with nucleus's | 8 | |
3501954685 | Eye Spot | an area on a protist that is sensitive to the amount of light in the environment | 9 | |
3501973084 | Vacuole | cells organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and waste | 10 | |
3501991631 | Flagelum | long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move | 11 | |
3502007745 | Food Vaculole | storage of food in a protist | 12 | |
3502012594 | gullet | in protozoa, an opening into which the mouth pore opens and stores the food | 13 | |
3502030868 | Heterotrophic | an organism that cannot make it's own food and eats other things | 14 | |
3502042388 | Nucleus | a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | 15 | |
3502059024 | Oral Groove | the mouth of a paramecium | 16 | |
3502066646 | Paramecium | Eukaryotic cell with an oral groove, gullet, and anal pore | 17 | |
3502089221 | Photosynthesis | a process that uses sunlight to make energy | 18 | |
3528748496 | Protists | unicellular eukaryotes; must live in a wet environment; can be plantlike or animal like | 19 | |
3528795880 | Pseudopod | a false foot | 20 | |
3528799939 | Volvox | colony of green algae, resembling a hollow ball | 21 |
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