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Grade 7 Protists
Ch 3 Protists and Fungi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protist | "odds and ends" kingdom |
| sarcodines | animal-like protists that move with pseudopods |
| pseudopods | temporary bulges of the cell membrane that fill with cytoplasm and allows the organism to move |
| contractile vacuole | a structure that collects the extra water and then expels it from the cell |
| cilia | hairlike projections from cells that move with a wavelike pattern |
| ciliates | an animal-like protist that moves with cilia |
| zooflagellates | animal-like protists that use flagella to move |
| symbiosis | a close relationship where at least one of the species benefits |
| mutualism | a relationship in which both partners benefit |
| protozoans | animal-like protists |
| sporozoans | protists that are characterized by the way they live; parasites |
| spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| funguslike protists | water molds, downy mildews and slime molds |
| algae | plantlike protists |
| pigments | chemicals that produce color |
| diatoms | plantlike protists with beautiful glasslike cell walls |
| algal bloom | the rapid growth of a population of algae |
| red tides | a saltwater algal bloom |
| eutrophication | a process in which nutrients build up in a lake or pond over time |
| fungi | eukaryotes, use spores to reproduce, and heterotrophs |
| hyphae | branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| fruiting bodies | fungi produce spores in this structure |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction in yeast cells |