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Move. Eat. Reproduce. Special Feature (2 each). ○ 2 Flagella roll the ball colony. ○ Cilia - tiny hairlike structures. ○ Flagellum - a long whiplike.
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Protist Move Eat Reproduce Special Feature Amoeba Euglena Paramecium Volvox
Move Eat Reproduce Special Feature ( each) ● 2 Flagella roll the ball colony ● Cilia - tiny hairlike structures ● Flagellum - a long whiplike structure ● Pseudopodia - fingerlike extensions that ooze out ● autotrophic - makes food by photosynthesis ● heterotrophic - ingest food & autotrophic - makes food by photosynthesis ● heterotrophic - cilia sweep food into oral groove ● heterotrophic - eats by phagocytosis ● asexual ● asexual ● asexual (can pair up to exchange DNA, but then separates to reproduce by mitosis) ● sexual ● constantly change shape ● eye spot ● eye spot ● forms a cyst in bad conditions ● gets nutrition 2 ways ● has 2 nuclei (micro and macro) ● lives in colonies ● uses trichocysts as a defense mechanism