protist Flashcards

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