Protist Vocabulary Quiz

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  1. 3. A unicellular protist that lives in freshwater, uses a flagella to move and is an autotroph because it makes it's own food
  2. 4. A protist that is animal like because it eats other organisms to gain its nutrients
  3. 10. Found only in plant cells and gives the plant structure.
  4. 13. The skin of a cell that protects the cell by controlling what goes in and out of the cell.
  5. 16. Tiny hair-like structures that are used for movement and eating
  6. 17. Found only in plant cells, these make the plant green and allow photosynthesis to take place.
  7. 18. Mail room of the cell, sorts and processes the proteins that turn into energy
  8. 19. Clean up the cells, gets rid of wastes
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  1. 1. The first scientist to describe cells. Observed box shaped dead cork cells.
  2. 2. An organism that is made of only one cell and must complete all of the processes of life within one cell
  3. 5. A unicellular protist that lives in aquatic habitats, is covered in cilia, and is a heterotroph because it feeds on other organisms.
  4. 6. A whip-like structure that is used to help a protist move
  5. 7. The brain of the cell, tells other cells what to do
  6. 8. A multi-cellular protist that is a spherical colony, each cell in the colony moves by 2 flagella, and has a red eye spot to detect light because it makes its own food (autotroph)
  7. 9. The false foot that a protist can create in order to move
  8. 11. A unicellular protist that moves by a pseudopod, changes its shape constantly, and is a heterotroph because it engulfs food from its surroundings
  9. 12. An organism with many cells that have a special job and work together to help the organism stay alive
  10. 14. A protist that is plant like because makes it's own food through photosynthesis
  11. 15. The cells powerhouse and makes energy for the cell that is called ATP