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Kingdom Protist
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cilia | Short hair protist. |
| flagella | Tail whip like. |
| Pseudopod | Temporary cytoplasmic projection or "false foot". |
| Passive/ non motile | Organism depends on water, air or other organisms to carry them around. |
| Conjugation | Sexual process in which two organisms exchange genetic info. |
| Protist Reproduction? | Asexual reproduction by mitosis/binary fission. |
| Autotroph | Organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals. |
| Algal Bloom | Increase in algae due to excessive waste in ecosystem. |
| Hetertroph | An organism that obtains energy by consuming other things. |
| Amoebs | Capture and digest food using pseuopod. |
| Food Vacuole | Small cavity that temporarily stores food. |
| Slime Molds | Thrive on decaying organic matter. |
| Water Molds | Absorbs molecules released by other organisms. |
| Symbiosis | Close long term relationship between two species. |
| Mutualism | Two Species benefit. |
| Trichonympha | Live in gut of termites and helps digest food. |
| Parasitism | Parasite benefits, host is harmed. |
| Malaria | Caused by plasmodium, spread by anopheles mosquito. |