7L1.1 - Single-Celled Organisms

A temporary, foot-like extension of a cell, used for moving or getting food

• pseudopod

• eyespot

• cilia

• contractile vacuole

Unicellular organism; moves using its flagella; asexual reproduction; have chloroplasts to absorb sunlight

• euglena

• volvox

• paramecium

• flagellum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

whiplike tails found in one-celled organisms to aid in movement

• flagella

• cilia

• autotroph

• cytoplasmic streaming

Protist that catches food and moves with cytoplasmic streaming

• ameoba

• paramecium

• volvox

• heterotroph

light detecting organelle found in protists

• eyespot

• contractile vacuole

• cytoplasmic streaming

• euglena

A protist with cilia that lives in fresh water and eats other tiny organisms for food

• paramecium

• euglena

• volvox

• autotroph

Hairlike projections used for movement

• cilia

• flagella

• cytoplasmic streaming

• chloroplasts

Protist that forms spherical spherical colonies; has chloroplasts

• Volvox
• heterotroph

• Paramecium
• Euglena

single-celled or simple multicellular organisms that are not plants, animals, or fungi

• protist

• cytoplasmic streaming

• volvox

• flagella

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Motion of cytoplasm that helps move a cell

• cytoplasmic streaming

• psuedopods

• cilia

• ameoba