Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.

Protist Vocabulary

Use these games to help prepare for a protist test.

AB
flagellalong, whiplike "tail" used for movement
hostthe organism a parasite lives on or in
zooplanktonanimal-like protist
pseudopod"false feet" used by paramecium
symbiosisrelationship between 2 organisms in which at least one benefits
commensalismsymbiosis where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
parasitismsymbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is harmed (dog and tick)
mutualismsymbiosis where both organisms benefit (bee and flower)
parasiteorganism which lives on or in another organism (tick, flea)
diatomsprotists with a silica shell
ciliasmall hair-like projections which help a cell move
unicellularone-celled
silicamaterial diatoms use to make their beautiful shells
protistakingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes
zoomastiginaphylum of protists with a flagella (mastigophora)
sporozoaparasitic protists
phytoplanktonplant-like protists
eyespotregion of pigment which can detect light (euglena have them)
dinoflagellatesprotists with flagella (cause red tides)
ciliophoraprotists with cilia (paramecium and stentor)
anopheles mosquitocarries malaria protist
Euglenophytaprotist with a flagella
phaeophytakelps and brown algae
chlorophytagreen algae
bacillariophytadiatoms
paramecium
euglena
volvox
amoeba
vorticella
stentor


7th and 8th Grade Science
Manteo Middle School
Manteo, NC

This activity was created by a Quia Web subscriber.
Learn more about Quia
Create your own activities