basics
organism that is not a plant, animal, or fungus but can have features of all three
protist
protist membrane
pellicle
animal like protist that is surrounded by cillia to swim around with
paramecia
ability to glow
slime molds that are a single giant cell that has many nuclei
plasmodium
scientific way to refer to a single protist
protozoan
needles that some protists can shoot out to defend themselves
trichocysts
animal like protist that uses pseudopods to move around and engulf prey
amoeba
single celled algae that create oil to store food and be buoyant
diatom
slime molds made of many cells turn into a _____ like colony at a certain stage in there life where they move as one organism
slug
of the three types of protists amoebas are ___________-like
animal
organelle used to balance water levels in protist
contractile vacuole
disease caused by animal like protists in mosquitos
malaria
overgrowth of red algae that takes out oxygen from water and releases a nerve toxin
red tide
chemical released to cause slime molds to move as one, and to go and create a fruiting body
acrasin
of the three types of protists algae are ___________-like
plant
translates to "kind of like feet", used by some protists to move around and engulf prey to eat them
pseudopod
method of trading DNA with others
conjugation
ability for single celled organisms to come together to act as one being
colony
type of fungus like protist that caused potato famine
mildew
of the three types of protists slime molds are ___________-like
fungus
a shell like a snails or mollusks used by some protists
test
method of reproduction for animal like protists, makes identical clones
binary fission
method of reproduction for algae, alternates between an asexual and sexual cycle of life
alternation of generations
reproduction method of fungus like protists, releases these from fruiting body
spores