Protists

Vocabulary

100

The euglena use this long whip-like structure for movement.

What is the flagellum?

200

This structure helps protists to store and digest food.

What is the food vacuole?

300

This structure is found in certain protists like the euglena, ameba and paramecium to get rid of excess water and prevent the cell from exploding.

What is the contractile vacuole?

400

The amoeba can change its shape because it has a very thin and flexible structure called this.

What is the cell membrane?

500

Because it has two nuclei, The paramecium uses one for sexual reproduction, Another name for this 

What is the conjugation?

All Protists

100

All protists have a true nucleus meaning they are this type of cell.

What is a eukaryotic cell or eukaryote?

200

All protists live in this type of habitat.

What are wet habitats?

300

This protist has pseudopods to move and feed.

What is the amoeba?

400

This protist has an eyespot to detect light.

What is the euglena?

500

This protist can reproduce using spores

What is fungus-like protist?

Plant-like Protists

100

Plant-like protists are similar to plants because they make their own food, meaning they are this.

What is autotrophic or an autotroph?

200

This is another word for plant-like protists.

What is algae?

300

This plant-like protist is unique in that it is both autotrophic and heterotrophic.

What is the euglena?

400

This is a plant-like protist is used in toothpaste

What are diatom?

500

This structure found in plant-like protists traps sunlight. It is necessary to capture sunlight.

What are chloroplasts?

Animal-like Protists

100

This is another word for animal-like protists.

What is protozoa or protozoans?

200

This animal-like protist moves by using hair-like projections called cilia.

What is a paramecium?

300

This animal-like protist engulfs his prey.

What is an amoeba?

400

Protozoa are called animal -like  because they consume other organisms. The name for this is

What is the heterotrophic?

500

This is a trait that animal-like protists do NOT share with animals.

What is unicellular? Animal-like protists are unicellular while animals are multicellular.

Protist Group

100

The ameba and paramecium are part of this protist group.

What are animal-like protists?

200

This protist group gets its nourishment by eating dead things or by being parasitic

What are fungus-like protists?

300

This protist group is autotrophic and has chloroplasts.

What are plant-like protists?

400

This protist group use spores to reproduce.

What are fungus-like protists?

500

This protist group is heterotrophic and unicellular.

What is animal-like protists?