Vocab 7 - Protists

A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus.  "Eukaryotic" means they have a nucleus. 

• autotroph
• parasite
• heterotroph 
• protist

An organism that cannot make its own food; must take in food (eat). 

• autotroph
• parasite
• heterotroph
• protist 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants as well as in algae. 

• chlorophyll
• flagellum
• photosynthesis
• pseudopod

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ability to move around spontaneously.
Cilia, flagella, pseudopods are forms of motility in Protists. 

• motility
• flagellum
• cilia
• pseudopod 

A small, light-sensitive patch of pigment in certain algae. 

• motility
• pseudopod
• flagellum
• eye spot

A temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in protists.
A "false-foot". 

• eye spot
• flagellum
• motility
• pseudopod 

Tiny hairlike extensions on the outside of a cell that move together in a sweeping motion. 

• euglena
• cilia
• motility
• flagellum 

The process in plants and some other organisms where the energy in sunlight is captured and used to make food. In autotrophs. 

• chlorophyll
• photosynthesis
• motility
• pseudopod 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host. 

• autotroph
• protist
• parasite
• heterotroph 

An organism that makes its own food. Makes food usually by photosynthesis. 

• heterotroph
• parasite
• autotroph
• protist 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6