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protists
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| protist | a euraryote organism that can not be classified as an animal, fungus, or plant |
| protozoans | an animal-like protist |
| pseudopods | a "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans |
| symbiosis | a close relationship between two organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits |
| algae | plantlike protists |
| pigments | a chemical that produces color |
| spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| algal bloom | the rapid growth of a population of algae |
| ciliates | the hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner |
| eutrophication | the buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae |
| fungi/ fungus | a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food |
| flagellates | a long, whiplike structure that helps a cell to move |
| hyphae | the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| lichen | the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relation ship |
| red tide | an algal bloom that occurs in salt water |
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