LS.7.1.1 Vocabulary

What is a unicellular organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus?

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Protists

• Volvox

Which unicellular organism looks like a slipper and uses tiny hairs called cilia to move and eat?

• Euglena

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Volvox

Which organism can change shape and move by stretching its body, and feeds by engulfing other small organisms?

• Euglena

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Volvox

What looks like a green ball and is made up of many cells that work together using tiny hairs called flagella?

• Euglena

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Volvox

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Which unicellular organism can make its own food from sunlight or eat other small organisms?

• Euglena

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Volvox

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What type of cell can make its own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Homeostasis

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What is an organism that cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other living things?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Homeostasis

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What is the green pigment in chloroplasts that helps capture sunlight for photosynthesis?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Homeostasis

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What is the process by which living things maintain the right levels of water and nutrients to stay healthy?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Homeostasis

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Which term describes an organism that creates its own food through photosynthesis?

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Homeostasis

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