Amoeba and Protozoa

The word "pseudopodia" means:

• small cell
• false foot
• fake eye
• first animal

How do amoebas move?

• cilia
• psuedopod 
• flagella
• feet

What is the name for an organism that can produce its own food?

• heterotroph
• autotroph
• amoeba
• eukaryotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the name of an organism that cannot produce its own food and must get it from another source?

• prokaryotic
• eukaryotic
• autotroph
• heterotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Amoeba use a _________ to regulate how much water they have in their cell.

• contractile vacuole

• food vacuole

• gullet

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

 What amoeba structure is a finger-like projection of the cell membrane used for movement and obtaining food?

• Cilia
• Pseudopod
• Flagella
• Hair-like

Why are amoebas considered eukaryotic?

• They have a nucleus and a membrane

• Every organism is eukaryotic

• They don't have a nucleus

Describe how the protist, amoeba, gets its food?

• The protist paralyzes it's prey with its flagella to adsorb the food.

• Uses cilia to sweep food in its oval groove.

• The pseudopodia surrounds and engulfs its prey.

• The chloroplasts captures energy from sunlight to make food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An amoeba is _______________

• Unicellular

• Multicellular

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Label A

• Pseudopodia

• Contractile Vacuole

• Food Vacuole

• Cell Membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2