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Protists
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plant like protists (algae) | get energy/ nutrients through photosynthesis |
| Animal like protists (protozoans) | single celled organisms with animal like characteristics |
| fungus like protists | colonies of individual cells that have fungus like characteristics (act like fungi) |
| binary fission | a single cell splints in two |
| conjugation | lining up to exchange genetic material |
| flagella | whip like tail |
| eyespot | area in the cell that is sensitive to light |
| trypanosome | transmitted by the tsetse fly |
| giardia | transmitted by drinking contaminated river water |
| cillia | microscopic hairs |
| oral groove | canal where food enter the cell |
| gullet | structure that forms food vacuoles |
| food vacuoles | stores of food |
| anal pore | structure that excretes wastes |
| feeding | specialized heterotrophs |
| cytoplasmic streaming | process of cell fluid flowing inside the cell |
| cysts | dormant cell used to survive unfavorable conditions |
| heterotrophs feeding | feed by phagocytosis |
| sexual | occurs in the primary host |
| asexual | occurs in the intermediate host |