Chapter 28 Part B Flashcards

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What are the 3 major groups of supergroup archaeplastida?

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Plants, red algae, green algae

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Are plants protists? Why or why not?

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No, they’re eukaryotic

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3
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Are red algae unicellular or multicellular?

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Multicellular organisms

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4
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What type of organism are green algae?

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Protists

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5
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What are plants most closely related to?

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Green/red algae

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What are the 2 major groups of algae?

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Chlorophytes and charophytes

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What are amoebozoans?

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Lobe or tube shaped pseudopodia (Protists related to fungi and animals)

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What are some examples of amoebozoans?

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Slime molds, entamoebas, opisthokonts

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Where are slime molds found?

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Rotting logs, leaf mulchW

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10
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What role do slime molds play?

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Decomposers

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What role do entamoebas play?

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Symbiotic parasites

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What are some examples of entamoebas?

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E histolyca, causes dysentery.

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What are some examples of opisthokonts?

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Fungi, animals, some protists

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What ecological role do protists play?

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Photosynthetic dinoflagelletes (Coral reefs), microbiome of some animals

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Are protists generally terrestrial or aquatic?

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Aquatic

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16
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What percentage of photosynthesis is from plants?

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10%

17
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What percentage of photosynthesis is from protists?

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50%

18
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What percentage of photosynthesis is from photosynthetic prokaryotes (Cyanobacteria, etc)?

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40%

19
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Why is climate change causing decreased chlorophyll levels in the oceans?

A

Lack of nutrient rich water being brought up (surface/deeper level cycling)

20
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What are the major morphological characteristics of diplomonads and parabasalids?

A

Modified mitochondria

21
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What are the major morphological characteristics of euglenozoans?

A

Spiral or crystalline rod inside flagella

22
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What are some examples of euglenozoans?

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Trypanosoma, Euglena

23
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What are some examples of diplomonads and parabasalids?

A

Giardia, Trichomonas

24
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What are the major morphological characteristics of stramenophiles?

A

Hairy and smooth flagella

25
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What are the major morphological characteristics of alveolates?

A

Membrane enclosed sacs (alveoli) below plasma membrane

26
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What are the major morphological characteristics of rhizarians?

A

Amoebas with threadlike pseudopodia

27
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What are some examples of stramenophiles?

A

Diatoms, Oomycetes, brown algae

28
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What are some examples of alveolates?

A

Dinoflagellates, ciliates, plasmodium, paramecium

29
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What are some examples of Rhizarians?

A

Forarms, cercozoans, radiolarians

30
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What are the key morphological characteristics of red algae?

A

Phycoerythrin (photosynthetic pigment)

31
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What are the key morphological characteristics of green algae?

A

Plant chloroplasts

32
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What are some examples of red algae?

A

Porphyrium, palmaria

33
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What are some examples of green algae?

A

Chlamydomonas, ulva

34
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What are some key characteristics of amoebozoans?

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Tubulinds, slime molds, entamoebas

35
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What are some examples of amoebozoans?

A

Amoeba, dictyostelium

36
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What are some examples of opisthokonts?

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Choandroflagellates, animals, fungi