Characteristics
A single-celled organism that contains a nucleus
What is a Protist
Another name for animallike protists which means "first animals.
What is protozoa?
Autotrophs that use light energy to make their own food from simple raw materials.
What are plantlike protists?
This type of protist is responsible for the Great Potato Famine in 1845-1846.
What is funguslike?
When daitoms die, they create this with their layers of shells which is also used in paint for traffic lanes.
What is diatomaceous earth?
Protists that move by means of flagella and can be animal-like, plant-like or fungus-like.
What are flagellates?
Animallike flagellates which usually have one to eight flagella.
What is a zooflagellate?
The byproduct of the food making process of a plantlike protist.
What is oxygen?
A moist, flat, shapeless blob that oozes slowly over dead trees, fallen leaves and compost heaps.
Waht is slime mold?
Zooflagellates that live inside the bodies of animals and do not have any effect on the host.
What are symbiotic?
Consists of a number of relatively independent cells of the same species that are attached to one another.
What is a protist colony?
These sarcodines have small hairlike projections called cilia on the outside of their cells.
What is ciliates?
This plantlike protist comes in different forms and most share three characteristics.
What is euglena?
Reproduction in slime molds involve this structure which includes spores.
What is the fruiting body?
Zooflagellates that are responsible for a number of diseases in humans and animals?
What is parasitic?
Able to use energy such as sunlight to make their own food from simple raw materials?
What is an autotroph?
Characterized by extension of the cell membrane and cytoplasm known as pseudopods.
What is sarcodines?
This plantlike protist is often used in toothpaste and is among the most numerous.
What is a diatom?
This group of protists act like a many-celled organism.
What is a slime mold?
The most familiar type of sarcodine which reproduce by dividing into two new cells.
What is an ameba?
Able to get their energy by eating food that has already been made?
Parasites that feed on cells and body fluids of their host animals and have complex life cycles that include more than one kind of host animal.
What is sporozoans?
This plantlike protist caused red tides due to its rapid reproduction.
What are dinoflagellates?
Special cells that are encased in a tough protective coating which can develop into a new organism.
What are spores?
One of the most interesting ciliates that has two kinds of nuclei and reproduces by splitting in half crosswise in a process called conjugation.
What is a paramecium?