Protist Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| autotroph | an organism that can make its own food
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| bacteria | a prokaryotic microorganism
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| cilia | small hair-like projections used for movement and to obtain food by ciliate protozoans
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| colony | a group of individual organisms living together
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| decomposer | organisms that eat decaying materials and help to return necessary elements to the environment
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| eukaryotic | a cell with a nucleus
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| flagella | tiny whiplike structures used in movement and feeding in flagellate protozoans (flagellum is the singular form)
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| heterotroph | an organism that feeds on other organisms
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| host | the organism on which a parasite lives
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| microorganism | an organism that cannot be seen without the use of a microscope
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| multicellular | composed of more than one cell
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| parasites | an organism that lives in or on another organism; may be harmful, helpful, or indifferent to host
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| prokaryotic | a cell without a nucleus
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| protozoans | animal-like members of the kingdom Protista
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| pseudopod | "false foot"; a structure used by amoebas and slime molds for movement
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| spore | tiny cell that can grow into an organism
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| unicellular | composed of only one cell
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