Movement
Food
Structure
Unicellular Facts
100
What is the name for a "false foot" that extends outward as the cell creeps forward?
A pseudopod
100

How does a producer get food?

Photosynthesis 

(sun+water+carbon dioxide -> glucose + oxygen)

100
What is the function of the eyespot (stigma)?
Senses light
100
What does unicellular mean?
One celled
200
Paramecium use these small, hair-like structures for movement.
Cilia
200

How does an amoeba eat?

Surrounds its food

200
What cell organelle does bacteria not have?
nucleus
200

What are the 4 unicellular organisms we have discussed?

Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena, Volvox

300
Euglena use a whip-like tail to help propel them. What is this called?
A flagellum (plural is flagella)
300

What does a Paramecium eat?

microorganisms and algae

300
What cell organelle filters light for photosynthesis?
chloroplasts
300

Name two things that unicellular organisms respond to.

light chemical touch

400
How does an amoeba move?
With a pseudopod
400

What is the "mouth" called on a Paramecium?

Oral Groove

400
What cell structure is a permeable barrier that allows fluid to pass through?
Cell Membrane
400
True or False: Some unicellular organisms eat dead animals.
True! Some are decomposers
500

What 2 Unicellular organisms have flagella?

Volvox and Euglena

500

Describe how Volvox eat as a colony.

Gathering and moving towards the light using their eyespot. 

500
What cell structure is used for storage?
vacuole
500
What were the first life forms on Earth?
Bacteria (have been here for about 3.8 billion years)
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