CH 21 Flashcards
Alveolates that are nonmotile, heterotrophic, all parasitic, and form infectious spores
Apicomplexans,
ex: Plasmodium
(causes malaria)
Which Excavates cause GI illness (diarrhea / nausea / vomiting / cramps / hydration) from drinking infected water?
Giardia (Diplomonads)
3 subgroups of Stramenopiles (Chromists):
w____ _____,
d______,
b____ a____
3 subgroups of Stramenopiles (Chromists):
Water molds,
Diatoms,
Brown algae
What can happen when dinoflagellates reproduce rapidly?
red tides
Which protist groups include seaweeds?
_____, ____, and _____ _____
Which protist groups include seaweeds?
Brown, Red, and Green Algae
2 subgroups of Excavates:
D_________,
P_________
2 subgroups of Excavates:
Diplomonads,
Parabasalids
A shared characteristic of all algae is ____________.
A shared characteristic of all algae is photosynthesis.
________ ______ ______ are amoebozoans
that form a __________ (slug-like mass).
ex: Physarum (lg, bright orange mass)
Acellular slime molds are amoebozoans
that form a plasmodium (slug-like mass).
ex: Physarum (lg, bright orange mass)
_____________ perform 50% of all photosynthesis.
Phytoplankton perform 50% of all photosynthesis.
_________ are long chains of cells in green algae.
Spyrogyra are long chains of cells in green algae.
Modes of nutrition of protists:
_______ _______
_____ _____
___________
Modes of nutrition of protists:
absorb nutrients
ingest food
photosynthesis
D___________ are excavates that
lack mitochondria & have 2 nuclei.
ex: Giardia
Diplomonads are excavates that
lack mitochondria & have 2 nuclei.
ex: Giardia
Which protists are more closely related to plants?
Green Algae
________ ______ ______ are amoebozoans that form _______________.
ex: Dictyostelium
Cellular slime molds are amoebozoans that form pseudoplasmodium.
ex: Dictyostelium
_________ are euglenozoans that have an eyespot.
ex: Euglena
Euglenids are euglenozoans that have an eyespot.
ex: Euglena
_______ are stramenopiles that glide along surfaces,
are photosynthetic, and have silica shells.
ex: Navicula
Diatoms are stramenopiles that glide along surfaces,
are photosynthetic, and have silica shells.
ex: Navicula
Which protists have 2 perpendicularly arranged flagella?
Dinoflagellates (Alveolate)
2 ways that protists absorb nutrition:
____ ______ (in soil, decompose ____ _____ _____),
________
2 ways that protists absorb nutrition:
free living (in soil, decompose dead organic matter),
parasites
Which protists have shells of silica?
R____________ (Rhizarians),
D______ (Stremenopiles)
Which protists have shells of silica?
Radiolarians (Rhizarian),
Diatoms (Stremenopile)
Which protists can be both photosynthetic and heterotrophic?
Euglenids (Euglenazoan)
_______ are colonies of green algae.
Volvox are colonies of green algae.
____________ are euglenozoans
that are heterotrophic,
and free-living or parasitic.
ex: ____________ (African sleeping sickness)
Kinetoplastids are euglenozoans
that are heterotrophic,
and free-living or parasitic.
ex: Trypanosoma (African sleeping sickness)
____________ are kinetoplastids (euglenozoan).
(______ ____ - African sleeping sickness)
Trypanosoma are kinetoplastids (euglenozoan).
(tsetse flies - African sleeping sickness)