Protozoa: It's The Little Things That Kill | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What are the requirements for being placed in the Kingdom Protista?

You must have a nucleus (Eukaryotic). You must be either unicellular or colonial. You must NOT be an animal, a plant, a Fungus, or a Bacteria.

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Which illness is caused by a protozoa? A) swine flu B) small pox C) malaria

malaria

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This little, green euglena can ______________ because it contains a green chemical known as _______________.

photosynthesize (make its own sugar)....chlorophyll

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What is the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic protozoa?

The autotrophic protozoa can produce their own sugar, they can photosynthesize. Heterotrophic protozoa must eat other organisms or decompose dead organic matter

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Who is faster? Amoeba or Paramecium?

A paramecium is faster than an amoeba.

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The __________ can be any shape it wants because its ___________ is flexible.

amoeba, cell membrane

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How fast can a paramecium swim?

Their speed of motion is about four times their own length per second.

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The black lines in this picture are pointing to _________________ which keep this paramecium from exploding due to ____________ by ______________.

contractile vacuoles.......water entering.........osmosis

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seesaw

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banana

Go to last place!

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Members of the Kingdom Protista are further classified into four Phyla based upon ______________.

their method of locomotion (how they move).

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What are the tiny cellular structures that allow a paramecium to swim?

Small, hair-like projections of the cytoskeleton called Cilia.

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The long, whip-like tail that allows this euglena to swim is called a _______________.

flagella

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Plasmotomy allows protozoans to go through binary fission and make a clone of themselves. This process is similar to ___________ in human cells.

mitosis

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lifesaver

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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How many nuclei does a paramecium have? Can you describe their functions?

Paramecium have a macronucleus to hold chromosomes it needs to make proteins and a micronucleus for sexual reproduction.

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