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Protist kingdom
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cilia | tiny hair used for movement and feeding(paramecia) |
| pseudopods | extensions of cytoplasm |
| eyespot | used by Euglena to sense light |
| Ciliophora | Phylum of paramecium. |
| Sarcodina | Phylum name of amoeba. |
| Zoomastigina | Phylum name of Trypanosoma.( protist to cause African sleeping sickness) |
| Euglenophyta | Phylum name of Euglena. |
| flagella | used for locomotion (Euglena) |
| contractile vacuole | structure to get rid of excess water. |
| macronucleus | large nucleus in paramecia; controls cell activities |
| micronucleus | small nucleus; used in sexual reproduction for paramecia |
| binary fission | asexual reproduction for protists (cell division) |
| conjugation | sexual reproduction in paramecia |
| trichocysts | paramecia uses these for defense. |
| eucaryotic | cell has a true nucleus |
| volvox | colonial plant like protist |
| Sporozoa | Phylum of Plasmodium (protist that causes malaria) These protists do not move on their own. |
| Chlorophyta | Phylum of volvox. |
| chloroplasts | site of photosynthesis for plant like protists. |
| pellicle | outer surface of Euglena. |
| unicellular | single celled organism. |
| protist | unicellular; eucaryotic organism that does not belong in any other kingdom. |
| oral groove | where paramecia takes in food. |
| food vacuole | where protists store food. |
| spirogyra | primarily green filament like algae, has spiral chloroplasts. |
| fungus like protist | protists that absorb food, considered decomposers. |
| ectoplasm | outer cytoplasm |
| endoplasm | inner cytoplasm |
| food vacuole | where food is stored for breakdown |