protists and mircoscopes Flashcards
permanent slide
-can be studied multiple times
-only dead or nonliving things
temporary slide
-cannot be stored
-study tiny live organisms
-used once then cleaned off
compound microscope
-a compound microscope is something that magnifies small objects so that it can be seen easily
-3 main parts - tube w/ 2 or more lenses a stage and a light
-living and non living can be produced
-flat image
Euglena
-reproduce by dividing lengthwise during fission
-uses flagella to move
Parmecium
-reproduce by conjugation
-uses cilia to move
Ameba
-moves in the direction in which the cytoplasm inside the cell is flowing
-uses pseudopods for food getting and for locomotion
3 categories of protists
Animal like
Plant like
Fungus like
protists are
hertrophs, decomposers and parasites
flagella
long whiplike extension and it tip is curled causing it to snapped to move
cilia
tiny hair like projections extending from their bodies
pseudopods
slender finger like extensions