protista Flashcards
give 2 feautres of the protista kingdom
eukaryotic, multi/single celled organisms, diverse kingdom
give 2 main examples of protista
amoeba, algae, paramecium
how do amoeba move
pseudopods
is amoeba unicellular or multicellular
unicellular
what is the fucntion of the contractile vacuole
collects excess water that enters the cell via osmosis and removes it without bursting the cell. (osmoregulation)
whats the difference between the endoplasm and ectoplasm in amoeba
endo-inner cytoplasm, exo-outer cytomplasm
describe the process of osmoregulation in amoeba
water enters cell via osmosis, excess water enters contractile vacuole, it swells, moves to edge of cell, bursts and expells water, cycle repeats