Unit 2 quiz

prokaryote

• Single-celled or simple multicellular eukaryotic organisms that live aquatic environments

• A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane organelle

Euglena

• Protist that moves by a flagellum, known for its eyespot and photosynthesis

• Hair like projections of a cell that move in wave motion- How paramecium move

Pseudopods

• False feet- How amoebas move

• Organisms that make their own food

Heterotroph

• organisms that obtain energy from the food it consumes; also called a consumer (Eats/consumes/absorbs food)

• organisms that make their own food

Autotrophs

• cilla

• organisms that make their own food

Contractile vacuole

• Organelle that pumps water out of the protists

• Structure euglena uses to detect light

Eyespot

• makes proteins(tiny dots)

• Structure euglena uses to detect light

Chloroplast

• Makes food for a cell by photosynthesis and is found only in plant cells (in the leaves)

• A water fluid inside the cell

Ribosomes

• Makes proteins(Tiny Dots)

• Genetic material in organisms

DNA

• Small circular DNA molecules in bacteria

• Genetic material in organisms