Microscopic World: Protozoans Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• proto : greek for "first"
• ciliates : a group of protozoans that move by waving tiny, hair-like organelles called cilia.
• gullet : food is swept into this organelle.
• sporozoans : a group of protozoans that do not have organelles for movement and are parasites.
• paramecium : an example of a ciliate. it waves it cilia like tiny oars to move through water.
• slimemolds : strange, fungus-like organisms that grow in damp environments and absorb their food.
• colonies : some protozoans gather together in groups called...
• flagellates : a group of protozoans that move using a whip-like organelle called a flagella
• eukaryote : an organism that has a cell nucleus
• zoon : greek for "animal"
• pseudopods : in latin, "false feet".
• flagella : a a whip-like organelle used for movement in a flagellate.
• parasite : an organism that lives in or on a host organism and causes it harm.
• cilia : tiny, hair-like organelles.
• foodvacuole : food is taken into an ameoba to form a...
• protozoan : a single-celled eukaryote that has some animal-like characteristics.
• plasmodium : malaria is caused by a sporozoan called...
• host : parasites live on these...
• amoebaproteus : a species found in ponds
• amoebas : a group of protozoans that move by means of pseudopods.