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Chapter 28 Part C: Rhizarians And Unikonta Flashcards

1
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What does the “R” in SAR stand for?

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Rhizarians

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2
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Many species of rhizarians are ________.

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Amoebas

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__________ are protists that move and feed using _____________, extensions of the cell surface.

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Amoebas; pseudopodia

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Why do Rhizarian amoebas differ from amoebas in other clades?

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They have threadlike pseudopodia

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What are the 3 clades of Rhizarians

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Radiolarians, forams, and cercozoans

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Which subgroup of the Rhizarians have delicate, symmetrical internal typically made of ________.

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Radiolarians; silica

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What radiates from the central body in Radiolarians?

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Pseudopodia reinforced by microtubules

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In Radiolarians, prey are engulfed by cytoplasm in the _____________ and carried into the cell by ____________ ____________.

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Pseudopodia; cytoplasmic streaming

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9
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Most radiolarians are _________ organisms

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Marine

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10
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What is another name for the subgroup Forams?

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Foraminiferans

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Forams are named for their porous _________ __________ shells, called _______.

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Calcium carbonate; tests

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What three things are psuedopodia used in?

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Swimming, test formation, and feeding

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13
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What do forams host within their tests?

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Mutualistic photosynthetic algae

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14
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Where do Forams live?

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Ocean and fresh water

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Forams’ _______ make up part of the ________ sediments

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Fossils; marine

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What are used for correlating the age of sedimentary rocks in different parts of the world

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Fossilized tests

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The ___________ ________ of the fossilized tests is used to estimate the change in ocean _________ over time.

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Magnesium content; temperature

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18
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What is the last subgroup of Rhizarians?

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Cercozoans

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19
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Are amoeboid and flagellated protists

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Cercozoans

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A Rhizarians subgroup that feeds using threadlike pseudopodia.

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Cercozoans

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Where are the 3 common places to find Cercozoans?

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Marine, fresh water, and soil ecosystems

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22
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Most cercozoans are heterotrophic ___________ or __________.

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Parasites; predators

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23
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This is a small group of ____________ that is a part of the subgroup Cercozoans

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Mixotrophs; Chlorarachniophytes

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24
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An example of a Cercozoans; it is known to be __________.

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Paulinella chromatophora; autotrophic

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Paulinella chromatophora has a unique photosynthetic structure called

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Chromatophore

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26
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What are derived from endosymbiosis with a Cyanobacteria different from the one that gave rise to ________.

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Chromatophores; plastids

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27
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What are the closest relatives of plants?

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Red and green algae

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28
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__________ arose when a heterotrophic protist acquired a Cyanobacteria ___________.

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Plastids; endosymbiont

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29
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_________ are descended from the ______ algae.

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Plants; green

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30
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The supergroup that includes red algae, green algae, and plants

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Archaeplastida

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31
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What gives red algae its color?

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Phycoerythrin

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32
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What is phycoerythrin?

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An accessory pigment that masks the green of chlorophyll

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33
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What color of red algae shows in shallow water?

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Greenish-red

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34
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What color of red algae shows in deep water?

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Dark red or almost black

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35
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Most red algae are _________.

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Multicellular

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36
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Example of red algae

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Largest are seaweeds

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37
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Reproduction is ________ in ____ algae

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Sexual; red

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38
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The life cycles of red algae often include _____________ ___ ________________.

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Alternation of generations

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39
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Where are red algae common?

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Coastal waters of tropical oceans

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40
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Some species of red algae are consumed by _______, such as _________ (“nori”) that is used to wrap sushi

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Humans; Porphyra

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41
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________ algae are named for their green ____________

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Green; chloroplasts

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42
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Have chloroplasts that are structurally and chemically similar to those found in plants

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Green algae

43
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Green algae form a ____________ group

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Paraphyletic

44
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What does the paraphyletic group include?

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Charophytes and chlorophytes

45
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Include algae most closely related to plants

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Charophytes

46
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T/F: Chlorophytes only live in fresh water

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F: They most live in fresh water, there are many marine and some terrestrial species

47
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Green algae have various __________ species that are ______-_______ while others live ___________ with other eukaryotes

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Unicellular; free-living; symbiotically

48
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What kind of environments do some green algae live in?

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Exposed to intense visible and ultraviolet radiation

49
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The first mechanism that caused larger size and greater complexity to evolve in green algae?

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  1. Formation of colonies from individuals cells
50
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What is an example of the 1st mechanism

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Pediastrum

51
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The second mechanism that caused larger size and greater complexity to evolve in green algae?

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Formation of true multicellular bodies by cell division and differentiation

52
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Wha are examples of the second mechanism

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Volvox and Ulva

53
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The third mechanism that caused larger size and greater complexity to evolve in green algae?

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Repeated division of nuclei with no cytoplasmic division

54
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What is an example of the third mechanism

55
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Have complex life cycles with both sexual and asexual reproductive stage

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Most chlorophytes

56
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T/F: Nearly all species of green algae have flagellated gametes with flat-shaped chloroplasts.

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F: biflagellated gametes with cup-shaped chloroplasts

57
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Alternation of generations has evolved in some _____________, including ______

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Chlorophytes; Ulva

58
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This supergroup includes protists that are closely related to fungi and animals

59
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What are the 2 major clades of unikonts?

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Amoebozoans and opisthokonts

60
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What are a part of the amoebozoans?

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Tubulinids, slime molds, and entamoebas

61
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What are a part of the opisthokonts?

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Animals, fungi, and related protists

62
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Controversial hypothesis: Unikonts were the _________ to diverge from other __________ groups

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First; eukaryote

63
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Amoebas that have lobe- or tube- shaped, rather than threadlike, ______________

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Amoebozoans; pseudopodia

64
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Where are Tubulinids common?

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Unicellular protists in soil as well as freshwater and marine environments

65
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Most Tubulinids are active _______ of bacteria and other protists; other feed on __________

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Predators; detritus

66
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Another name for slime molds

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Mycetozoans

67
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What were slime molds once thought to be? Why?

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Fungi; spore-producing fruiting bodies

68
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Slime molds thought to be fungi is a result of

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Convergent evolution

69
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What are the two lineages of slime molds?

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Plasmodia slime molds and cellular slime molds

70
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What is the structure within slime molds?

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Plasmodial slime molds

71
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Brightly colored, often yellow or orange

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Plasmodial slime molds

72
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Large feeding mass formed by Plasmodial slime molds

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Plasmodium

73
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Single “supercell” that contains many diploid nuclei undivided by plasma membranes

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Plasmodium

74
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Forms a fruiting body for sexual reproduction in unfavorable environmental conditions

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Plasmodium

75
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Form multicellular aggregate in which cells are separated by plasma membranes

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Cellular slime molds

76
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Feeding stage consists of solitary cells

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Cellular slime molds

77
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__________ cells unite to form a ____-like aggregate for ___________ when habitat conditions are ______

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Solitary; slug; migration; poor

78
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What ultimately forms a fruiting body in cellular slime molds?

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Aggregated cells

79
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Model organism for the studying of evolution of multicellularity

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Dictyostelium discoideum

80
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_______ in the stalk of the fruiting body ____ without reproducing

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Cells; die

81
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Cells at the _____ survive to _________

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Top; reproduce

82
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Some cells have a “_______” mutation, giving them the reproductive __________ of not forming the _____

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Cheat; advantage; stalk

83
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What type of cells lack a specific surface protein recognized by noncheaters

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Cheating cells

84
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What cells avoid exploitation by preferentially aggregating with other noncheaters?

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Non-cheaters

85
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Parasites of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates

86
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Humans host at least _____ species, but only _____________ is pathogenic

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6; E. Histolytica

87
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Causes amoebic dysentery, the third-leading cause of death due to eukaryotic parasites

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E. Histolytica

88
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Are a diverse group including animals, fungi, and several groups of protists

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Opisthokonts

89
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What play key roles in ecological communities?

90
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What environments are protist found in?

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Diverse aquatic and moist terrestrial environments

91
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What are the two roles that protists play in their habitats?

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Symbiont and producer

92
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What kind of protist benefit their host?

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Symbiotic protist

93
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Parasites

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Protist symbionts

94
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Symbiotic protist that causes malaria in humans?

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Plasmodium

95
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Symbiotic protist dinoflagellate that attached and feeds on the skin of fish

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Pfiesteria shumwayae

96
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Symbiotic protist that causes sudden oak death

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Phytophthora Ramorum

97
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Organisms that use energy from light (or inorganic compounds) to convert to organic compounds

98
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In aquatic communities, who are the main producers?

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Photosynthetic protists and prokaryotes

99
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Directly or indirectly depend on producers for food

100
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Limited by nutrients; populations explode when nutrients are added

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Photosynthetic protists

101
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Have declined with increasing sea surface temperature

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Growth and biomass of photosynthetic protists and prokaryotes

102
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Acts as a barrier to upwelling

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Warm surface water

103
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3 things affected if sea surface temperature continues to warm

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Marine ecosystems, fishery yields, and global carbon cycle

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