protista Flashcards

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give 2 feautres of the protista kingdom

A

eukaryotic, multi/single celled organisms, diverse kingdom

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give 2 main examples of protista

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amoeba, algae, paramecium

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how do amoeba move

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pseudopods

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is amoeba unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

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what is the fucntion of the contractile vacuole

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collects excess water that enters the cell via osmosis and removes it without bursting the cell. (osmoregulation)

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whats the difference between the endoplasm and ectoplasm in amoeba

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endo-inner cytoplasm, exo-outer cytomplasm

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describe the process of osmoregulation in amoeba

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water enters cell via osmosis, excess water enters contractile vacuole, it swells, moves to edge of cell, bursts and expells water, cycle repeats

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