Protist Flashcards
What structure help euglena sense and respond to their environment
Eyespots
What structures do volvox and euglena use for movement?
flagella
What structure helps protist get rid of waste?
Contractile vacuole
How does paramecium take in energy?
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Which protist can reproduce sexually
Volvox, amoeba
Name a protist that is mixotroph?
Euglena
What type of cell has a true nucleus
Volvox, euglena, amoeba
Which protist lives in colony?
Volvox
How does Paramecia move around?
Cilia move like rowing oars
What is the function of the oral groove in the Paramecia?
It directs food to the mouth
What is the projection called that an amoeba use to move
Pseudopods
What is the function of contractile vacuole in Protists?
Prevents cells from bursting by pumping all of the excess water out of the cell
What two Protists are heterotrophic?
Paramecium amoeba
What is the structure called that allows certain protist to convert sunlight to energy?
Chloroplasts
Name Protists that live in water
Euglena
Volvox
Amoeba