By: Fong Lao

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Paramecium

• By Fong Lao
• Biology 106
• Professor Rose

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Name the kingdom
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Protista
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Name the phylum
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Ciliata
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Name the genus
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Paramecium
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Where is it found?
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Fresh marine water
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Unicellular or multicellular?
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Unicellular
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Prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
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Eukaryotic
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What are the tiny hair-like projections called?
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Cilia
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What are they used for?
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Feeding (food procurement) locomotion
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What is the mouth called?
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Oral groove
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Asexual or sexual reproduction?
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Both
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Asexual reproduction occurs by a process shown in
this image and called transverse fission.
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Sexual reproduction involves an exchange of
genetic info and is called conjugation.
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What organelle regulates salt/water balance?
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Contractile vacuole
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What do paramecia usually feed on?
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Bacteria decaying matter
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What are the characteristics that distinguish
organisms in kingdom Protista?
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• Organisms are basically single-celled.
• Their cells are eukaryotic, with double lipid
  bilayer membranes around the nucleus and the
  organelles.