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Chapter 19 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protozoan | Heterotrophic, unicellular, animal-like protist |
| Microsporidium | Microscopic prtozoan parasite that infects insects and other organisms, causing disease |
| Pellicle | Membrane layer that encloses a paramecium and some other protists |
| Trichocyst | elongated, clindrical stucture that can discharge a spinlike structure that may function in defense, as an anchoring device, or to capture prey |
| Contractile Vacuole | Organelle that collects excess water in the cytoplasm and expels in from the cell |
| Pseudopod | Temporary cytoplasmic extension 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 that join together, forming a close association |
| Alternation of Generations | reproductive life cycle that alternates between a diploid sprophyte generation and a haploid gametophyte generation |
| Plasmodium | feeding stage of a slime 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 |