Random Questions
What is another word for single celled organism?
unicellular
oral grove
T/F. All organisms/cells need water.
True
asexual. one parent. offspring are identical.
when you see them congregate (get together), what are they doing?
eating
What is the word for their skin?
cell membrane
What do they hold their food in?
food vacuole
contractile vacuole
t/f daughter cells are female.
mother cell
false
cilia help them move. what else do cilia do?
eat. move food into the oral grove
what does it mean to infer?
to figure out
what organelle helps them break their food down?
lysosome
What helps them move through the water?
Cilia
What are the new cells called after they split?
Daughter Cells
what do they eat?
bacteria and algae
Name 2 things that can pass through a paramecium's membrane.
water, oxygen, carbon dioxide
TRUE OR FALSE. Food vacuoles move all around the paramecium.
TRUE
When do they stop in the water?
when they are feeding
After they split, describe the size of the new cells.
Half as big.
a contractile vacuole lets out extra water and what?
How are we like a Paramecium? 3 ways.
move
react to environment
reproduce
digest food
What breaks down the food while it is in the food vacuole?
digestive enzymes
Describe how they move in the water.
bump into things
clumsy
Before they divide, what has to happen first?
They have to copy all their organelles.
what is the splitting process called when they reproduce?
Fission