Chapter 7 Section 1 & 2 Test Flashcards
Protist that are unicellular organisms are called?
Diatoms
Where do diatoms live?
Freshwater and saltwater.
Diatoms are an important food source to?
Marine organisms
Eukaryote that can not be classified as animals, plants, and fungi.
Protists
Are protist unicellular or multicellular?
Unicellular but some are multicellular
List three categories into which scientists group Protists.
- Plant-like Protists
- Animal-like Protists
- Fungus-like Protists
Are animal-like Protists heterotrophs are autotrophs?
Heterotrophs
what is another name for an animal-like Protists?
protozoan
what removes excess water from an amoeba?
contractile vacuoles
how do sarcodine, such as ameoba, get food?
they form pseudopods and surround their prey
true or false: paramecia have 2 nuclei.
true
what uses pseudopods to move?
Amoeba
what uses cilia to move?
paramecium
what uses flagella to move?
zooflagellates
true or false: zooflagellates living in symbiosis ALWAYS harm the animal in which they live.
false
what are parasites that feed on the cell and body fluids of their hosts?
sporozoans