Difference between revisions of "Euglena"

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A picture of a Euglena.

Euglena move using a tail called a flagellum.

Euglena can make their own food because they contain chloroplasts.

Euglena have chloroplasts but they are not considered plants because they do not have a cell wall, they are unicellular and they have a flagellum.

The Euglena gets rid of waste using a contractile vacuole.

Euglena have an eye spot which can sense light and allow the Euglena to respond.


A diagram of a Euglena.

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 ==Key Stage 3==
 ===Meaning===
-A [[Euglena]] is a [[unicellular]] [[microorganism]] with
+[[File:Euglena.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture of a [[Euglena]].]]
+A [[Euglena]] is a [[unicellular]] [[micro-organism]] that has a [[Cell Membrane|cell membrane]], [[cytoplasm]], [[chloroplast]]s, a [[Nucleus (Biology)|nucleus]] and a [[flagellum]].
+===About Euglena===
+: [[Euglena]] move using a tail called a [[flagellum]].
+: [[Euglena]] can make their own food because they contain [[chloroplast]]s.
+: [[Euglena]] have [[chloroplast]]s but they are not considered plants because they do not have a [[Cell Wall|cell wall]], they are [[unicellular]] and they have a [[flagellum]].
+: The [[Euglena]] gets rid of waste using a [[Contractile Vacuole|contractile vacuole]].
+: [[Euglena]] have an [[Eye Spot|eye spot]] which can sense light and allow the [[Euglena]] to respond.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+|[[File:EuglenaDiagram.png|center|400px]]
+|-
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A diagram of a [[Euglena]].
+|}