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protists vocab
Question | Answer |
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protist | A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as animal,plant,or fungus |
protozoan | A unicellular, animal-like protist |
contractile vacuole | The cell structure that collects extra water from the cytoplasm and then expels it from the cell |
cilia | Tiny hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner |
algae | Plantlike protist |
pigment | A colored chemical compound that absorbs light |
spore | In bacteria,protist, and fungi a thick- walled tiny cell capable of surviving unfavorable conditions are then growing into a new organism |