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7-Sci-Single Celled
Single -Celled Organisms
Term | Definition |
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Protist | Single-Celled organism; eukaryotic; less complex with many different characteristics |
Euglena | Has chlorophyll and lives in fresh water; uses photosynthesis to get food; its a producer and a heterotroph; has an eyespot |
Heterotroph | Gets food by eating other things |
Producer | Makes their own food |
Eyespot | Helps to sense light |
Contractile vacuole | Holds excess water and waste and removes it from the cell |
Flagella | Creates movement; whiplike tail that helps it move around. Euglena's move with a flagella |
Reproduction | Asexual (binary fission) |
Amoeba | It is a protist. Found in freshwater and salt water. Also found around a lot of dead and decaying material. It is a parasite. Has contractile vacuoles. |
Parasites | Get energy by invading other organisms |
Pseudopodia | False feet. |