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

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

malaria

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trap

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magnet

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shark

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banana

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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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How does an amoeba move?

It can push its cytoplasm into extensions of its cell membrane to make pseudopodia.

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Volvox is a great example of individual, single celled organisms living together in a _______________.

colony. These protists are often mistaken for being multicellular. They can live independently but want to form a big group for protection.

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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 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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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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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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In this picture what is happening to this amoeba's dinner? Be specific! What cell organell will be created from the psuedopodia?

The pseudopodia will merge together to make a food vacuole.

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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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fairy

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banana

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boom

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rocket

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thief

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

their method of locomotion (how they move).

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