A | B |
flagella | long, whiplike "tail" used for movement |
host | the organism a parasite lives on or in |
zooplankton | animal-like protist |
pseudopod | "false feet" used by paramecium |
symbiosis | relationship between 2 organisms in which at least one benefits |
commensalism | symbiosis where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped |
parasitism | symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is harmed (dog and tick) |
mutualism | symbiosis where both organisms benefit (bee and flower) |
parasite | organism which lives on or in another organism (tick, flea) |
diatoms | protists with a silica shell |
cilia | small hair-like projections which help a cell move |
unicellular | one-celled |
silica | material diatoms use to make their beautiful shells |
protista | kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes |
zoomastigina | phylum of protists with a flagella (mastigophora) |
sporozoa | parasitic protists |
phytoplankton | plant-like protists |
eyespot | region of pigment which can detect light (euglena have them) |
dinoflagellates | protists with flagella (cause red tides) |
ciliophora | protists with cilia (paramecium and stentor) |
anopheles mosquito | carries malaria protist |
Euglenophyta | protist with a flagella |
phaeophyta | kelps and brown algae |
chlorophyta | green algae |
bacillariophyta | diatoms |
paramecium |  |
euglena |  |
volvox |  |
amoeba |  |
vorticella |  |
stentor |  |