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Chapter 28: Protists Flashcards

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What is a protist?

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Any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant, or fungus.

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When did the oldest eukaryotic fossils appear?

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2.1 billion years ago

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Is the kingdom, Protista, monophyletic, paraphyletic, or polyphyletic?

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Paraphyletic

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What are the fundamental (basic) features of eukaryotes?

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  • Nucleus with nuclear envelope - Mitochondria, ER, cytoskeleton - Multicellular - Sexual reproduction - Several complex RNA polymerases - translation begins with methionine
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The organisms in most eukaryotic lineages are _________.

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protists

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Most protists are _______________.

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unicellular

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True or False: Protists do not exhibit structural and functional diversity

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False, they do so tremendously

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True or False: All traits found in protists can be found in other organisms as well

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True

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What are the four supergroups of eukaryotes?

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  1. Excavata 2. The ‘SAR’ Clade 3. Archaeplastida 4. Unikonta
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What are the groups within Excavata?

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  • Diplomonads - Parabasalids - Euglenozoans
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What are the groups within The ‘SAR’ Clade?

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  1. Stramennopiles - Diatoms - Golden Algae - Brown Algae 2. Alveolates - Dinoflagellates - Apicomplexans - Ciliates 3. Rhizarians - Forams - Cercozoans
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What are the groups within Archaeplastida?

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  1. Red algae - Rhodohyta 2. Green algae - Ulothrix - Chlamydomonas - Pandorina - Spyrogyra - Volvox 3. Land plants
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What are the groups within Unikonta?

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  1. Amoebozoans - Slime molds - Tubulinids - Entamoebas 2. Opisthokonts
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DNA resemblance between slime molds and fungi is a result of ____________ _____________.

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Convergent evolution

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Slime molds include two lineages, what are they?

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  1. Plasmodial slime molds 2. Cellular slime molds
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Slime molds make _________ ___________ to find food.

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conscious decisions

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What are tubulinids?

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  • Diverse group of amoebozoans with lobe/tube shaped pseudopodia - unicellular - heterotrophic - consume bacteria and other Protists
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What are opisthokonts?

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Extremely diverse group of eukaryotes including animals and fungi

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In short, what does the supergroup Unikonta include?

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Protists that are closely related to fungi and animals

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What is the key characteristic of euglenozoans in the Excavates supergroup?

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Spiral or crystalline rod flagella

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What is the key characteristic of diplomonads and parabasalids in the Excavates supergroup?

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Modified mitochondria For diplomonads, it’s called mitosomes For parabasalids, it’s called hydrogenosomes

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What is the key characteristic of stramenopiles in The ‘SAR’ Clade supergroup?

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Hairy and smooth flagella

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What is a kinetoplast?

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An organized mass of DNA

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Euglenids lack cell walls, what do they have instead?

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A pellicle, which is a protein band beneath the plasma membrane.

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What is the key characteristic of green algae in the Archaeplastida supergroup?

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Plant-type chloroplasts

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What is the key characteristic of amoebozoans in the Unikonta supergroup?

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Lobe-shaped or tube-shaped pseudopodia

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Which supergroups include photosynthetic members?

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Excavata, ‘SAR’ Clade, and Archaeplastida

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What is the key characteristic of red algae in the Archaeplastida supergroup?

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Phycoerythrin (photosynthetic pigment)

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What is the key characteristic of rhizarians in The ‘SAR’ Clade supergroup?

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Amoebas with threadlike pseudopodia

30
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Define endosymbiont

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A cell that lives within a host cell

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What is the endosymbiotic theory?

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Organelles within eukaryotic cells appeared as a result of endosymbiosis between prokaryotic endosymbionts and eukaryotic host cells.

  • this explains how eukaryotic features evolved from prokaryotic cells
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What is the key characteristic of alveolates in The ‘SAR’ Clade supergroup?

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Membrane-enclosed sacs (alveoli) beneath the plasma membrane

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In the endosymbiont theory, _____________ were engulfed into the ancestral prokaryote to form ancestral heterotrophic eukaryotes.

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mitochondria (aerobic bacterium)

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In the endosymbiont theory, _____________ were engulfed into the ancestral prokaryote to form ancestral photosynthetic eukaryotes.

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plastids (photosynthetic bacterium)

35
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Which supergroup is the most controversial?

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SAR Clade

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In short, what does the supergroup Excavates include?

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Protists with modified mitochondria and unique flagella

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In short, what does the supergroup Archaeplatida include?

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The closest relatives of land plants (red and green algae)

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How do Protists live as mutualists?

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They establish mutualistic relationships with other organisms 1. Coral polyps rely on dinoflagellates do producing a significant amount of their food (dinoflagellates are considered endosymbionts here). Many corals require Protists in order to survive, otherwise they may undergo coral bleaching.

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How do Protists live as parasites?

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Symbiotic Protists thrive inside mosquitos and use them as a primary host. When a mosquito bites a human, the Protists transfer to the new secondary host. The Protist, Plasmodium, now infect the human and cause malaria.

38
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Which supergroup contains bioluminescent organisms?

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‘SAR’ Clade

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In terms of cellularity, are excavates unicellular or multicellular?

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All are unicellular

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In terms of cellularity, is The ‘SAR’ Clade unicellular or multicellular?

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It varies 1. Stramenopiles - diatoms are unicellular - golden algae are unicellular - brown algae are multicellular 2. Alveolates - dinoflagellates are unicellular - apicomplexans are unicellular - ciliates are unicellular 3. Rhizaria - forams are unicellular - radiolarins are unicellular

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In terms of cellularity, are archaeplastidas unicellular or multicellular?

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Red algae - multicellular Green algae - unicellular and multicellular

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In terms of cellularity, are unikonta unicellular or multicellular?

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Unikonta consists of animals and fungi, so it varies greatly.

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