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Emory Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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