How do you tell the difference between an amoeba and a paramecium?

Question

I am doing microscope work in class for a lab and really need help!!!

Answer 1

Paramecium are ciliates; move by cilia. Amoeba extend pseudopod to move. So, look for the cilia on the paramecium.

Answer 2

The Amoeba
An amoeba is a living organism made up of only a single cell. The amoeba looks like a shapeless blob of jelly, but is such a light color that it can hardly be seen. It can be found lurking on the bottom of ponds and under rocks.
The amoeba does not move fast, but creeps along very slowly.
Although the amoeba does not have arms, legs, eyes, or mouth, it still eats. The amoeba does this by slowly surrounding its prey with its jelly like body until it cannot escape.
An amoeba only lives for a day or two and survives by splitting into two smaller amoebas!

The Paramecium
The paramecium is a microscopic organism that lives near the top of the water. The paramecium looks like a miniature slipper that swims in the water. Its body is covered all over with short, hair-like structures called cilia. The cilia help the paramecium swim through the water

Answer 3

When looking into the microscope a paramecium kinda looks like a slipper. An amoeba on the other hand looks like a blob.

Answer 4

Paramecium is bean shaped / slipper shaped (standardised). Amoeba takes multiple shapes (keeps changing).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramecium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba

Answer 5

A amoeba moves by phagocytosis. It moves like Flubber. It moves the liquid inside it's cell (process called cyclosis) the weight shift moves it foward (or back).