Flashcards
What are the Dinoflagellates
Are mostly marine plantlike protists
Have two flagellas
May be Bioluminescent
Have stiff protective plates
Can cause red tides
What are the diatoms?
Are plantlike protists with glasslike shells
Shells made of silica
Produce large amounts of oxygen
What are the euglenoids
Are a large group of plantlike protists
Mostly Photosynthetic
Some Heterotrophic
Single-Celled
Have one or two flagellas
Many plantlike protists can reproduce….
Sexually and Asexually
Multicellular algae are classified by….
Their Pigments(colors)
Contain Chlorophyll a & b
GREEN ALGAE
Contain chlorophyll c
Brown Algae
Contain chlorophyll a & phycoerythrin
Red Algae
Slime molds and water molds are
funguslike protists
Fungus Protists decompose
organic matters
are eukaryotic organisms that have both funguslike and animal- like traits.
Slime Molds
are giant cells with many nuclei.
Plasmodial slime molds
Slime molds can be divided into two phyla:
plasmodial slime molds and cellular slime molds
Cellular slime molds contain
independent cells & are common in soil
Slime molds decompose like
Fungi