animal like protists: ciliates

Question 1

are ciliates part of zooplankton

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

what are they caled ciliates

Answer 2

use of celia to move and feed

Question 3

what is their throphic

Answer 3

heterotrophic
some can be mixotrophic

Question 4

what do they use to eat

Answer 4

cilia (in mouthm oral grove), mouth, gullet, food vacuoles

Question 5

what is an organelle that is proper to them

Answer 5

macronuclei and micronuclei

Question 6

what does the macronucleus do

Answer 6

• contains multiple copies of genetic materiel , controls everyday functions of the cell

Question 7

what does the micronucleus do

Answer 7

involved in sexual reproduction

Question 8

what do they have instead of cell wall

Answer 8

pellicule, under membrane, provides extra support and protection

Question 9

where are they found

Answer 9

aquatic ecosystems and wet soil

Question 10

what can they do in grazers (animals that eat grass)

Answer 10

can be mutualistic symbionts (help digest carbon)

Question 11

what are some examples of celiates

Answer 11

• paramecium
• stentor

Question 12

what are characteristics of paramecium

Answer 12

• have mouth, leading to funnel shaped gullet, at the end of which food vacuoles form when food is ingested
• have micro (in form of membrane-bound mass of DNA) and macro nuclei

Question 13

what are characteristics of stentor

Answer 13

• giant protist
• macronucleus is subdivided into a string of beads rather then a membrane-bound mass of DNA