Protist Movement
Protist Characteristics
Algae
Protists and Humans
Wild Card
100
A long tail that some protists use to move.
What is a flagella?
100
This type of protist helps recycle nutrients by breaking down decaying matter.
What is fungus-like protists?
100
This is how algae get the energy they need to survive.
What is photosynthesis?
100
This product can be used for pool filters, toothpaste, and killing pests.
What is diatomaceous earth?
100
This area is where malaria is most commonly found.
What is the tropics?
200
Small hair-like structures that some protists use to move.
What is cilia?
200
Smaller organisms living inside of larger organisms is known as this.
What is endosymbiosis?
200
This is where algae are commonly found.
What are freshwater and saltwater?
200
Name three human diseases caused by protists.
What are giardasis, malaria, and trichomoniasis?
200
This protist is both heterotrophic and autotrophic.
What is euglena?
300
The "false foot" that some protists use to move.
What is a pseudopod?
300
The process of a cell splitting into 2 new, identical cells.
What is binary fission?
300
A high concentration of ___________ causes algal blooms.
What are nutrients?
300
Giardasis is a disease that is spread through _________.
What is water?
300
The protist that causes malaria reproduces in the _________________ of a human.
What is red blood cells?
400
Name three ways protists can move.
What are pseudopodia, cilia, and flagella.
400
True or False: All protists have a nucleus.
What is true?
400
What type of algae is most like plants? Unicellular, filamentous, multicellular, or colonial
What is multicellular?
400
This algae product is used as a stabilizer in ice cream.
What is alginate?
400
This protist can be described as a "mass of cytoplasm that can ooze around obstacles."
What is an amoeba?
500
Detecting and moving towards chemicals in the environment.
What is chemotaxis?
500
The process in which two paramecia come together to exchange parts of their genetic material.
What is conjugation?
500
Algal blooms kill aquatic life by reducing ___________ levels.
What is oxygen?
500
Red tides are dangerous to people because they release ____________ into the water.
What is toxins?
500
Red tides are formed by large groups of this protist.
What are dinoflagellates?
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