Practice question
Question
A protist lives in water, moves using thousands of short structures and directs food-bearing water into a gullet. Which organism and locomotory structure are correctly matched?
Explanation
Paramoecium is a ciliated protozoan. Coordinated movement of its numerous cilia directs water containing food into the gullet. Amoeboid protozoans use pseudopodia, while flagellated protozoans possess flagella.