click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 19 Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protozoan | Heterotrophic, unicellular,animal-like protist. |
| Microsporidium | microscopic protozoan parasite that infects insects and other organisms, causing disease. |
| Pellice | Membrane layer that encloses a paramecium and some other protists |
| Trichocyst | elongated,cylindrical structure that can discharge a spine like structure that may function in defense, as an anchoring device, or to capture prey. |
| contractile cavuole | organelle that collects excess water in cytoplasm and expels in from the cell. |
| Pseudopod | Temporary cytoplasmic extensions that sarcodines use for feeding and movement. |
| Test | Hard, porous, shell-like covering of an amoeba |
| Bioluminescent | able to emit light |
| colony | group of cells or organisms hat join together, forming a close association |
| alternation of generations | reproductive life cycle that alternates between a diploid sporophyte generation and a haploid gametophyte generation |
| plasmodium | feeding stage of a lime mold in which it is a mobile cytoplasmic mass with many diploid nuclei but no separate cells |
| Acrasin | Chemical given off by starving amoeba-like cells that serves as a signal to the cells to form a sluglike colony. |