Protists
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. volvox
A. Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes (plural)
2. pseudopod
B. Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (plural)
3. chlamydomonas
C. An eyelike marking
4. protists
D. Type genus of ___
5. euglena
E. Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei
6. eukaryotic
F. A speaker with an unusually loud voice
7. algae
G. A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
8. spirogyra
H. Type genus of the ___
9. microorganism
I. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella
10. paramecium
J. Type genus of the family ___
11. zygnema
K. Any organism of ___ size
12. vacuole
L. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica (plural)
13. stentor
M. Type genus of the family ___
14. diatoms
N. Any member of the genus ___
15. osmosis
O. Chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella (plural)
16. oedogonium
P. Parasitic spore-forming protozoan
17. dinoflagellates
Q. A suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
18. eyespot
R. Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to
19. protozoans
S. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots
20. peridinium
T. Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
21. sporozoan
U. Type genus of the ___
22. giardia
V. Freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands