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Q: What is a volvox and explain what a volvox colony represents.?
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How does a volvox colony work together?

Volvox do not work together in a colony only they live in the form of colony but they perform their own functions only they move collectively by using the flagella of all Volvox present in the colony.


What proof is there that volvox is a colony?

proof


What is the function of an adult colony in a volvox?

your mommy.


How can the cells in a volvox colony coordinate movement?

The cells in a volvox colony are connected to one another by strands of cytoplasm, enabling them to coordinate movement. When the colony moves, cells on one side of the colony "pull" with their flagella, and the cells on the other side of the colony have to "push."


How many adult volvox can live in an adult colony?

1000-3000


Motility of volvox?

flagella, a taillike structure. they undulate together to propel the colony through water


What is an adult colony of a volvox?

1000-3000 cells arranged as a hollow ball


Are Euglea and Volvox the samething?

No -- both are types of algae. Volvox is a colony that resembles a golf ball while Euglena is solitary and tiny. Both do have tiny whips (flagella).


What is the shape of a volvox?

Volvox is a green algae the forms colonies of up to 50,00 individual organisms. Each volvox has a nucleus, chloroplasts, a contractile vacuole, an eyespot, and a pair of flagella. The large, spherical colony usually contains daughter colonies that, once fully formed, will exit the parental colony.


What were the benefits of living in a royal colony?

because it has a lot of other volvox to help it stay safe


Is a Volvo's multi celled or signal celled?

If you are talking about a Volvox, they have already evolved into a multicellular colony.


How many individual cells make up a Volvox colony?

500-50,000 individual cells