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Unicellular Facts
100
What is the name for a "false foot" that extends outward as the cell creeps forward?
A pseudopod
100
Asexual reproduction involves how many parents?
One parent
100

Volvox and Euglena use these two organelles to produce food?

Chloroplast and Chlorophyll

100
What is the function of the eyespot (stigma)?
Senses light
100

What does unicellular mean? How many cells are needed for a unicellular organisms to carry out the characteristics of living things?

One celled ...... unicellular organisms carry out all the functions in one cell

200
Paramecium use these small, hair-like structures for movement.
Cilia
200

Which protist can reproduce sexually? It needs two parents to reproduce.

Paramecium

200

Organisms that hunt or find their own food?

Heterotrophs

200

What makes the paramecium so complex?

It has a macronucleus and micronucleus. (more cell structures)

200

What are the 4 main protists of unicellular organisms?

Euglena, Volvox, Paramecium, Amoeba

300
Euglena use a whip-like tail to help propel them. What is this called?
A flagellum (plural is flagella)
300
During sexual reproduction, is the new cell identical to the parents? Explain.
No, because the new cell contains genes from both parents.
300

Organisms that make their own food?

Autotrophs

300
What cell organelle filters light for photosynthesis?
chloroplasts
300

Are protists living or non-living things? Is it abiotic or biotic?

Living thing (biotic)

400
How does an amoeba move?
With a pseudopod
400

Which protist can reproduce asexually and sexually? 

Volvox

400

Paramecium's use this cell structure and organelle to eat

Cilia and an 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 is another word for movement?

Locomotion 

500

How do most protists reproduce?

Through binary fission

500

What is the process that amoebas use to eat?

Phagocytosis

500

What cell structure is used for expelling excess water or waste?

Contractile vacuole

500

True or false: All protists are plant-like? Correct the statement if needed

False ..... Protists are animal-like and/or plant-like