7th Science Protists Vocabulary Flashcards
An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
Autotroph
A short, microscopic, hairlike vibrating structure.
Cilia
A long whiplike structure on most bacteria.
Flagellum
A temporary “foot” that forms as the organism pushes its body outwards.
Pseudopod
A simple nonflowering plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms.
Algae
A protist that resembles a tiny animal.
Protozoans
Belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum sarcodine.
Sacrodines
A tiny microscopic plantlike protist with a hard outer wall.
Diatom
One common sacrodine with unusual adaptation for getting nutrients.
Amoeba
An organism that lives in or on another organism.
Parasite