Paramecium Classification Activity Sheet

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Paramecium
STUDENT RESOURCE 1.4
ACTIVITY SHEET
A paramecium is a one-celled protozoan. Look for organisms that
are shaped like the sole of a shoe. When you see a paramecium,
look for the structures shown in the diagram.
Contractile vacuole
(squirts out extra water)
Cilia
(move the cell)
Oral groove
(takes in food)
Food vacuole
(digests food)
Nucleus
Cell membrane
(controls the cell)
Movement A paramecium moves like a bumper car. The cell is
covered with cilia. The cilia beat back and forth to move the cell.
Switch the microscope to high power to see the cilia moving.
Feeding A paramecium feeds on bacteria and other tiny
organisms. Cilia push the food into an opening called the oral
groove.
Reproduction When a paramecium gets too large, it divides in
half. The nucleus splits, too.
Size 180 to 300 µm (Three to fi ve paramecia would fi t in 1 mm.)
Answer the following questions.
1
Water enters the paramecium with its food. Which structure
lets the paramecium get rid of extra water?
2
What might happen to the paramecium if it didn’t have that
structure?
CLASSIFICATION • SECTION 1 MICROORGANISMS

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