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Biology
9th Grade
04/17/2012

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protozoan
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animal-like protists; unicellular heterotrophs that meet energy requirements by feeding on other organisms or dead organic matter
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pseudopodia
Definition
used by protozoans to engulf food; extension of plasma membrane
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flagellate
Definition
makes up the phylum Zoomastigina; move by whipping their flagella from side to side
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ciliate
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roughly 8000 members of the phylum Ciliophora; move by the synchronized beating of cilia that cover their bodies
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sporozoan
Definition
protists that are grouped in the phylum Sporozoa; parasitic, non-motile protozoans
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spore
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a reporductive cell that can produce a new organism without fertilization
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algae
Definition
photosynthetic protists; sometimes look like plants but they have no roots, stems or leaves
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colony
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a group of cells that lives together in close association
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fragmentation
Definition
time when an individual breaks up into pieces and each piece grows into a new individual
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