From Bacteria to Plants Chapter 3
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ImAliveImBrynne on December 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 protozoans | another name for animal-like protists. |
| pseudopods | bulges in the cell that fill with cytoplasm to help the cell move, other known as a "false foot." |
| contractile vacuole | a structure that gathers the extra water and then expels it from the cell. |
| cilia | hairlike projections from cells that move with a wavelike pattern. |
| zooflagellates | animal-like protists that use flagella to move. |
| symbiosis | a close relationship where at least one of the species benefits. |
| mutualism | a close relationship where both species benefit. |
| spore | a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism. |
| algae | common name for plantlike protists |
| pigments | chemicals that produce color |
| algal bloom | the rapid growth of a population of algae. |
| red tides | saltwater algal blooms |
| eutrophication | nutrients build up in a lake or pond over time causing an increase in the growth of algae. |
| hyphae | the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi. |
| fruiting bodies | reproductive hyphae that grow from a fungus. |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction that yeast cells undergo. |
| lichen | a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship. |
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