vocabulary related to the protist unit
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| 1985988571 | flagella | A whip-like structure used for movement | 0 | |
| 1985988572 | cilia | Hair-like projections on the cell surface used for locamotion or the movement of fluid over a cell. | 1 | |
| 1985988573 | pseudopod | A "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement | 2 | |
| 1985988574 | sarcodines | animal-like protists that use pseudopods for feeding and movement example: amoeba | 3 | |
| 1985988575 | ciliates | Animal-like protists that use cilia for feeding and movement example: paramecium | 4 | |
| 1985988576 | zooflagellate | Animal-like protists that swim using flagella | 5 | |
| 1985988577 | sporozoans | group of parasitic protozoans using spores to move from host to host; Ex. Plasmodium (causes malaria) | 6 | |
| 1985988578 | ameba | belongs to the sarcodines, uses pseudopods to move | 7 | |
| 1985988579 | paramecium | a ciliate, uses cilia to move | 8 | |
| 1985988580 | pellicle | A firm, flexible, coating outside the cell membrane. | 9 | |
| 1985988581 | african sleeping sickness | caused by a zooflagellate, tse tse fly is the vector | 10 | |
| 1985988582 | Malaria | A disease caused by sporozoan that is transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito | 11 | |
| 1985988583 | Binary Fission | A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells. | 12 | |
| 1985988584 | Conjugation | A form of sexual reproduction where a bridge is formed and DNA exchanged, makes different cells not more | 13 | |
| 1985988585 | Euglena | moves with flagella, uses photosynthesis, has an eyespot | 14 | |
| 1985988586 | diatoms | alga with a unique glassy cell wall containing silica | 15 | |
| 1985988587 | diatomaceous earth | layer of dead diatoms and their shells on ocean floors used in products and as a pecticide | 16 | |
| 1985988588 | dinoflagellates | have flagella, covered in thick plates, cause red tides, come in lots of colors | 17 | |
| 1985988589 | red tide | a salt water algal bloom, creates toxins that build up in shellfish | 18 | |
| 1985988590 | red algae | multicellular, found in deeper waters, used in ice cream and conditioners | 19 | |
| 1985988591 | brown algae | multicellular, contains plant like structures, found in cool rocky water, used in puddings and salad dressings | 20 | |
| 1985988592 | green algae | can be single celled or multi, "seaweed" | 21 | |
| 1985988593 | algal bloom | The rapid growth of a population of algae | 22 | |
| 1985988594 | eutrophication | Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen | 23 | |
| 1985988595 | protozoans | Animal-like protists | 24 | |
| 1991515924 | slime mold | Moves by means of pseudopods and reproduces with spores, fungus like | 25 | |
| 1991515925 | spore | A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism. | 26 | |
| 1991515926 | parasite | An organism that lives off of another organism causing harm to it. | 27 | |
| 1991515927 | symbiosis | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species. | 28 | |
| 1991515928 | mutualism | A relationship between two species in which both species benefit. | 29 | |
| 1991515929 | autotroph | An organism that makes its own food | 30 | |
| 1991515930 | heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food | 31 | |
| 1991515931 | oral groove | A funnel-like structure used by ciliates for feeding. (mouth) | 32 | |
| 1991515932 | gullet | connects the oral groove to the food vacuole, | 33 | |
| 1991515933 | micro nucleus | contains dna | 34 | |
| 1991515934 | macro nucleus | A larger nucleus found in ciliates, it controls metabolic functions | 35 | |
| 1991515935 | anal pore | In protozoa, an opening from which wastes are eliminated | 36 | |
| 1991515936 | chloroplast | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs | 37 | |
| 1991515937 | cell membrane | A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell. | 38 | |
| 1991515938 | food vacuole | stores and digests food using enzymes | 39 | |
| 1991515939 | contractile vacuole | Organelle that pumps water out of the cell | 40 | |
| 1991515940 | eye spot | light detecting organelle found in euglena | 41 |
