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MMS protists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algae | plant like protists |
| protozoa | animal like protists |
| pseudopod | false foot--used by sarcodines and slime molds |
| saprophyte | organism that feeds off of dead and decaying material |
| parasite | organism that feeds and lives off of a living host |
| red-tides | algae blooms caused by dinoflagellates |
| animal-like protists | can move, they eat to get food, and have no cell walls |
| fungus-like protists | can move, decompose, have cell walls, and can’t do photosynthesis. |
| protist kingdom | have a nucleus, live mostly in water, and are leftovers from other kingdoms |
| plant-like protists | make their own food, have cell walls, and don’t move |
| cilia | short fringe like threads used to move single-cell organisms |
| flagella | long, whip-like tail used to move single cell organisms |