Paramecium moves by

Source: JAMB · 2024

Paramecium moves by

  1. the whipping action of its flagellum
  2. the co-ordinated beating of its cilia ✓
  3. the rotating action of its flagella
  4. pushing out a jet of water
Explanation

Paramecium is a single-celled organism covered in tiny hair-like cilia. They beat together in a wave-like, co-ordinated way and push it through the water.

So it moves by the co-ordinated beating of its cilia. Flagella are few, long, whip-like structures, as in Euglena, not Paramecium.

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