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What are the different types of movements seen in protoplasm except cyclosis ?


Unknown Student 29th Mar, 2020
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Pratyay Islam 29th Mar, 2020

Different Types of Movements in Protoplasm :

1. Cyclosis : It is of two types Rotation and Circulation.In Rotation protoplasm moves around a vacuole inside a cell in one direction only(Rotation is unidirectional). In circulation protoplasm moves in different direction around different small vacuoles inside the cell.

2. Brownian Movements : Colloidal particles have electric charge and due to charges these remain in random motion.

3. Ciliary Movement : Cilia are extensions of protoplasm and they help is movement of organism as a whole.

4. Amoeboid Movement : Protoplasmic movement by pseudopodia.

These are all the different types of movements shown by protoplasm.

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