CHAPTER 11: PROTISTS LAB: LIFE PROCESSES CHART Amoeba Paramecium Euglena Shape No definite shape Slipper shaped Oval shaped Movement Pseudopods (“fake Cilia (like Flagella (like “hair”) “tail”) feet”) Ingestion Engulfs (swallows) Food is swept into Makes food in food with oral groove by cilia, chloroplasts or pseudopods then into the gullet food enters through the cell membrane Digestion Food is broken down Food is broken down Food is broken in in down by enzymes in food vacuole food vacuole the cytoplasm Excretion Wastes are excreted Wastes are excreted Oxygen enters and through the cell through the anal pore. carbon dioxide membrane. Excess Excess water is leaves through the water is pumped out pumped out by the cell membrane and by the contractile contractile vacuole pellicle vacuole Respiration Oxygen enters and Oxygen enters and Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves carbon dioxide leaves carbon dioxide through the cell the cell through the leaves through the membrane cell membrane and cell membrane and pellicle (a thin layer) pellicle Response Moves toward food Moves toward food Moves towards but away from but away from bright areas of bright light unfavorable light and dryness, conditions such as moves backwards bright light and when bumps into dryness object Reproduction Binary fission, Binary fission and Binary fission asexual conjugation
CHAPTER 11: PROTISTS LAB: LIFE PROCESSES CHART Amoeba Paramecium Euglena Shape No definite shape Slipper shaped Oval shaped Movement Pseudopods (“fake feet”) Cilia (like “hair”) Flagella (like “tail”) Ingestion Engulfs (swallows) food with pseudopods Food is swept into oral groove by cilia, then into the gullet Makes food in chloroplasts or food enters through the cell membrane Digestion Food is broken down in food vacuole Food is broken down in food vacuole Food is broken down by enzymes in the cytoplasm Excretion Wastes are excreted through the cell membrane. Excess water is pumped out by the contractile vacuole Wastes are excreted through the anal pore. Excess water is pumped out by the contractile vacuole Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves through the cell membrane and pellicle Respiration Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves through the cell membrane Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves the cell through the cell membrane and pellicle (a thin layer) Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves through the cell membrane and pellicle Response Moves toward food but away from unfavorable conditions such as bright light and dryness Moves toward food but away from bright light and dryness, moves backwards when bumps into object Moves towards areas of bright light Reproduction Binary fission, asexual Binary fission and conjugation Binary fission
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