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| Protist | an organism that belongs to the Protist Kingdom and is single celled with a nucleus |
| Eukaryote | An organism whose cells have a nucleus |
| chloroplast | a structure that contains chlorophyll and captures energy from the sun |
| photosynthesis | Process by which some organisms produce food |
| heterotroph | an organism that gets food by eating other organisms |
| parasite | an organism that feeds on an organism causing harm |
| host | an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter |
| conjugation | a form of sexual reproduction where two organisms exchange hereditary material and then split into two organisms |
| malaria | a disease caused by a protist living in a female mosquito |
| algae | eukaryotic organism that converts the sun's energy into food through photosynthesis but that do not have roots, stems or leaves |
| phytoplankton | the microscopic photosynthetic organisms that float near the surface of marine or fresh water |
| diatoms | protists that live in water and are enclosed in a two part shell made of silica |
| flagella | a whip like structure used for movement |
| pseudopod | finger-like extension of cytoplasm. Means "false foot" |
| zooflagellate | protists that move by means of a flagella |
| mutualism | two organisms living together and both benefit |
| cilia | tiny, hairlike structures used for movement |
| spore | a tiny reproductive cell |
| slime mold | heterotrophic protists that move only at certain phases of their life cycle |
| sporangia | spore containing structures of slime mold |
| macronucleus | a large nucleus |
| micronucleus | a small nucleus |
