Chapter 28

Question 1

this is the informal name of the kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes, but there are some colonial and multicellular species

Answer 1

protists

Question 2

protists are no longer a kingdom but a ______

Answer 2

paraphyletic group

Question 3

this is the term for the fusion of cells

Answer 3

syngamy

Question 4

these are the most nutritionally diverse of all eukaryotes

Answer 4

protists

Question 5

protist diversity has its origins in ________

Answer 5

endosymbiosis

Question 6

common name for cyanobacterium

Answer 6

blue green algae - not classified as an algae anymore

Question 7

this is the most controversial of the four supergroups and includes protists with modifies mitochondria and flagella

Answer 7

excavates

Question 8

these supergroups lack plastids, have highly reduces mitochondria and are found in anaerobic environments

Answer 8

Diplomonads and Parabasalids

Question 9

this supergroup is mostly parasites

Answer 9

Diplomonads

Question 10

this is a diverse clade that includes predatory heterotrophs, photosynthetic autotrophs, mixotrophs, and pathogenic parasites

Answer 10

Euglenozoa

Question 11

what is the main feature that distinguishes Euglenozoa as a clade

Answer 11

a spiral or crystalline rod of unknown function inside their flagella

Question 12

what clade includes kinetoplastids and euglenids

Answer 12

Euglenozoans

Question 13

this is an extremely diverse group of eukaryotes that includes animals, fungi, and several groups of protists

Answer 13

opisthokonts

Question 14

protists often play what two roles

Answer 14

symbiont or producer