Another type of Protist is called protozoans. Protozoans are often referred to as animal-like protists and live in freshwater or saltwater. Protozoa are single-celled and can be parasitic, meaning they use other organisms to survive. Protozoans often have characteristics of being heterotrophic and...
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noun(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. noun(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning....
Bacteria are single celled organisms that reproduce through multiplication, and which can grow and divide every 20 minutes. It reproduces by dividing itself, so one bacterium will become two and then two will become four and so on. In ideal conditions one can become several million in just 8 ...
to drive to the nearest star, and you'd never make it in your lifetime. The moon may look closer than the stars, but distances can deceive when you measure them using brightness and size. Space is so vast that astronomers use several units of measure to help them make sense of it ...