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Protozoans
Science Protozoans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define protozoans | a unicellular, animal-like protists. |
| Are protozoans heterotrophs or autotrophs? | heterotrophs |
| What are the three ways that animal-like protists move? | Flagellum, cilia, and pseaudopods |
| What are the characteristics of a protozoan? | heterotroph, unicellular, they move, and are eukaryotes. |
| Define pseudopods | temporary bulges of the cell, the word means "false foot" |
| Define contractile vacuole | a structure that collects and expels excess water from the cell |
| True or False? Flagellates are protozoans that use long, whip-like flagella to move. | True |
| Do some flagellates live in other organisms? | yes. |
| Define cilia | hairlike projections beat with a wavelike motion, moving the organism. |
| True or False? The cilia DON'T sweep food into the organism. | False |
| The cilia has _ nuclei | two |
| What is the same nucleus purpose? | It helps reproduce. |
| What do parasites feed on? | Cells and body fluids from their host. |
| What is malaria, and what cause it? | a disease of the body and mosquitoes cause it. |