Chapter 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Algae

Answer 1

A type of protist, single-celled or many-celled, containing chlorophyll and having no true root, stem, or leaf such as seaweed.

Question 2

Budding

Answer 2

A type of asexual reproduction in which a new individual developes from an outgrowth on the parent.

Question 3

Cilia

Answer 3

Tiny hair-like structures that facilitate movement in protozoans and small worms; also move fluid in animals with greater specialization, as in the human trachea.

Question 4

Eukaryote

Answer 4

An organism with complex cells, having nuclei, mitochondria, and other organelles.

Question 5

Fungus

Answer 5

An organism with a membrane- bound nucleus and organelles, most fungi are many-cellled ; examples are mushrooms.

Question 6

Hyphae

Answer 6

Branching, threadlike filaments that form the bodies of many-celled fungi.

Question 7

Protist

Answer 7

A member of the kingdom protista, most of which are single-celled organisms, with complex cells and membrane-bound nuclei and organelles, that reproduce by cell division and may make or eat food.

Question 8

Protozoan

Answer 8

A sigle-celled, animal-like organism belonging to the kingdom protista.

Question 9

Pseudopodium

Answer 9

A temporary foot -like projection of all cell matter that facilitates protozoan movement and ingestion.

Question 10

Spore

Answer 10

A reproductive cell produced by sporozoans.

Question 11

Sporozoa

Answer 11

A group of parasitic protozoan living in the bodies of other animals, produces spores, from which new sporozoans grow.