Protist Movement
Small-hair like structures some Protists use to move
What is cilia?
The part of fungi used for reproduction
What is a fruiting structure or mushroom?
Structure birds use to get nectar from flowers
What is beak?
Behaviors caused by experience. Ex: A bird eats a bitter grasshopper, and never eats that specific species again.
What is a learned behavior?
Animals trying to attract a mate. Example: Male birds are brightly colored to attract a female bird
What is courtship?
Whip-like tails some Protists use to move
What is Flagella?
The part of fungi used for obtaining resources (food)
HINT: fungi roots
What is hyphae or mycillium?
The structure penguins use to swim in the ocean.
What are flippers or wings?
These animals must eat to have energy to maintain constant body temperature
What are endotherms?
when an organism responds to changes in temperature by traveling from location to location
What is migration?
Also known as "false-feet" used for movement
What is pseudopod?
The sperm or reproductive cell of fungi
What is Spore?
protective shell also known as an "outside skeleton"
What is exoskeleton?
These organisms take on the temperature of their surroundings
What are ectotherms?
What are cold-blooded?
responding to cold temperature by storing food and slowing down bodily functions by going into a deep sleep
What is hibernation?
A protist with a flagella and chloroplasts
What is euglena?
This type of fungus lives on living things and harms them
What is parasitic fungi?
Another name for the long, sharp teeth tigers have to rip apart it's prey
What are fangs?
when an organism grows or moves in response to gravity
What is gravitropism?
example: an animal changing fur color to white in the winter to blend in with the environment
What is camouflage?
What is Protist?
This type of fungi lives on dead or decaying organisms
What is saprophytic fungi?
The part of a mushroom that holds up the cap
What is the stem?
When an organism moves or grows in response to light
What is phototropism?
example: a caterpillar copying the pattern of a snake to scare away predators
What is mimicry?