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Kingdom Protist
Term | Definition |
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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. |