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Update
01-01-2016
Content Type
Multimedia
Grade Level
Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, Undergraduate
Object Type
Animation
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This animation shows how amoebas and other organisms [paramecia, fungi, and nitella (green alga)] use cytoplasmic streaming to engulf food or for movement, and the specific cellular anatomy required to do so. Each organism’s use of cytoplasmic streaming is discussed in detail in terms of the structures involved.