Locomotion
This temporary, foot-like extension of a cell is used for moving closer to food.
What is a pseudopod?
This section of a eukaryotic cells contains the DNA.
What is the nucleus?
What are algae and protozoa?
Scientists sometimes put these creatures in the Plantae Kingdom.
What is green algae?
When this creature reproduces asexually, the daughter colony often lives within the mother colony.
What is the volvox?
This whip-like cord can be used for forward motion or for steering.
What is a flagellum?
This region cannot actually see, but can only detect light.
What is an eyespot?
The amoeba is a member of this phylum.
What is protozoa?
They have cell walls made out of silicon dioxide.
What are diatoms?
This is a close relationship between two organisms where one or more benefit.
What is symbiosis?
These beat together rhythmically to move the organism.
What are cilia?
This controls the amount of water in a cell.
What is a contractile vacuole?
The phylum Mastigophora is often referred to by this term, derived from its whip-like method of getting around.
This creature grows to maturity in 3 days and uses a pseudopod to help it reach food.
What is an amoeba?
Another name for phytoplankton.
What is algae?
What is sticking to surfaces?
A generic terms for a membrane bound sac.
What is a vacuole?
This ciliate is often the example of the phylum.
What is a paramecium?
This flagellate creature requires chloroplasts.
What is the euglena?
This powdery substance is made of dead diatoms.
What is diatomaceous earth?
The members of this phylum has a flagellum wrapped around it's middle which is used to propel the protist forward.
What are dinoflagellates?
This is the part of the cell that stores the chlorophyll.
What are chloroplasts?
These creatures form spores at some point in their existence.
What are sporozoa?
This creature lives in colonies and moves by moving the entire colony at once.
What is the volvox?
This reproductive cell is covered with a hard coating to survive in harsh conditions.
What is a spore?