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Emory Science
Term | Definition |
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psuedopod | flowing extension of cytoplasm that helps ameoba move and gather food |
cilia | tiny hairlike projections that move like oars to help cilia move, paramecium |
flagella | thin, whiplike sturcture that helps flagellates move, zooflagellate |
saprophytes | organisms that eat dead or decaying materials |
slime molds | funguslike protocists, reproduce using spores, must m ove in slime path, makes slimy blobs on dead trees and leaves |
conjugation | ciliates attach themselves to each other and share genetic information |
spore | small reproductive cell that can grow into an adult without fusing with another cell |
hyphae | threadlike filaments that produce enzymes to break down living or dead organisms |
fungus vs plant | fungus does not have chlorophyll or vessels to transport water and nutrients and cannot photosynthesize |
proctoctists habitat | fresh water, salt water, and watery tissues of other living things |
diatoms | protoctists encased in a cilica shell, used in car polish, toothpaste, and refelctive paint |
binary fission | cell division in which one cell splits into two identical daughter cells |
endospores | protective capsules that protect bacteria from heat or drying |
mychorrhizal relationship | helpfulfungi send their hyphae into roots of plants, fungus transports nutrients for the plant and the plant provides the fungus with moisture and sugar |