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33 Cards in this Set
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Protozoa
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single-celled microscopic organisms that are noted for their ability to move indepently.
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Food Vacuoles
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Membrane-bound chambers that contain digestive enzymes.
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Zooplankton
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A population of organisms that constitutes one of the primary sources of energy in aquatic organisms.
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Multiple Fission
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A form of cell division that results in a number of identical individuals.
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Conjugation
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Individuals from opposite mating strains pair & exchange genetic material.
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Protists
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Animal-like, plant-like, & fungus-like.
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Eyespot
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Detect changes in the quantity & quality if light.
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Cyst
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A dormat form characteriezed by a hardened external covering in which metabolic activity has ceased.
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Pseudopodia
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Are large, rounded cytoplasmic extensions that function in movement.
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Endoplasm
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The inner portion of the cytoplasm
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Ectoplasm
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The outer layer of the cytoplasm.
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Ameboid movement
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is the form of cytoplasmic streaming.
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Cytoplasmic streaming
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Internal flowing of a cell's cytoplasm.
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Contracile Vacuole
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An organelle that expels fluid from the cell.
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Test
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Shell.
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Foraminifera
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Ancient group of shelled sarcodines found primarily in oceans.
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Radiolarians
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Group of sarcodines.
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Amebic dysentery
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fatal disease.
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Pellicle
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A clear, elastic layer of protein.
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Oral groove
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The pellicle has a funnel-like depression.
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mouth Pore
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The structure at the oral groove into which the paramecium sweeps food.
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Gullet
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the structure that forms food vacuoles that circulate throughout the cytoplasm of the paramicium.
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Anal Pore
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An opening from which waste are eliminated.
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Macronucleus
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the larger of the 2 types of nuclei.
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Micronucleus
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The smalled of the 2 types of nuclei.
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Trypanosomiasis
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sleeping sickness
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Chaga's disease
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diesease that is transmitted by an insect called the "kissing bug"
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Giardiasis
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Illness characterized by severe diarrhen and intestinal cramps.
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Toxoplasmosis
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disease that causes few or no symptoms in adults with healthy immune systems but that can be dangerous to a developing fetus or newborn.
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Malaria
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A very serious disease characteriezed by severe chills, fever, sweating, fatigue, and great thirst.
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Sporozoites
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A sporzoa that has been released from the oocyst and is ready to penetrate a new host cell.
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Merozoites
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An asexually produced stage in the life cycle of some parasitic sporozoan protozoana that disperse and infect additional cell.
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Gametocytes
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An undifferentiated cell that develops into a gamete
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