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What are the tiny hair-like structures that some protists use to move?
Some animal-like protists move by using cilia. Cilia are hair-like projections that move with a wave-like pattern. The cilia move like tiny oars to sweep food toward the organism or to move the organism through water.
What are the tiny hairs of a protist called?
Types of Protists Cilia – Some protists use microscopic hair called cilia to move. These tiny hairs can flap together to help the organism move through water or other liquid. Flagella – Other protists have a long tail called flagella. This tail can move back and forth helping to propel the organism.
What structures are used for protist movement?
Most protists are motile and generate movement with cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia.
What are three types of structures that help some protists move?
Protists have three types of appendages for movement. As shown in Figure below, they may have flagella, cilia, or pseudopods (“false feet”).
How are protists unique to plants and animals?
These protists can have one or more flagella that help them move. The euglena is unique in that it has characteristics of both a plant and an animal, it contains chloroplasts that photosynthesize and also can consume other organisms as well. These protists move by beating tiny hair-like structures called cilia.
How does the cilia help the protists move?
The cilia also move and help capture food directing in toward a groove that functions like a mouth. Tiny hair-like structures that help protists move. It also helps capture food. These protists move by extending their bodies forward and then pulling the rest of their bodies forward as well.
What makes the Euglena protist different from other protists?
The euglena is unique in that it has characteristics of both a plant and an animal, it contains chloroplasts that photosynthesize and also can consume other organisms as well. These protists move by beating tiny hair-like structures called cilia.