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Celiates get their food by first surrounding the particle or cell. They use their cilia to sweep the food into the gullet.
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∙ 13y agoAlmost all ciliates eat other microrgansims and other small organic particles.
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∙ 11y agoDifferent ciliates eat different things but all of them use their cilia to capture food.
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∙ 8y agoCiliates use their cilia to sweep food into the gullet organelle to get their food.
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∙ 13y agoSmall bacterias and other microorganisms.
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∙ 11y agothey eat small living organisoms
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Are Ciliates autotrophic or heterotrophic?
ciliates are heterotrophs
Are ciliates helpful?
Yes.
How do ciliates deal with osmosis?
Some ciliates, like the paramecium, have contractile vacuoles that fill with water and then expel the water when they get full.
Balantidium coli is in the class of?
Ciliates
True or false Ciliates use flagella for feeding and movement?
Ciliates are appropriately named because they use cilia.
How do you ciliates eat?
Ciliates eat with their vacuole.
Are ciliates producers?
No, I think they would be considered as consumers. They use their cilia (hairlike structures) to push food into the food passageway.
Are Ciliates autotrophic or heterotrophic?
ciliates are heterotrophs
Does ciliates cause malaria?
The ciliates do not cause malaria. Malaria is caused by protozoa. They have pseudopodia.
What is the function of ciliates cells in the lining of the oviduct?
What is the function of the ciliates cells in the lining of the oviduct
How do ciliates?
Ciliates, a unicellular protozoa, use their cilia, tiny hair-like organelles, to move around.
How ciliates eat?
with their feet
Paramecium is a representative of?
Ciliates
Are ciliates helpful?
Yes.
Paramecium is a representative of the?
Ciliates
What is a ciliates role in the environment?
Protist are important to the earths ecosystem because they were the first complex life on earth, provide as a food source to many living things, and help clean large bodies of water
Where do ciliates live?
Ciliates are a protozoa that feed off of smaller bacteria. They are most commonly found in lakes, streams and ponds.
