Diversity Flashcards
Protista
- unicellular and multicellular
- Terrestrial and aquatic
- Eukaryotic
- Autotrophic and heterotrophic
Animal like protists
Sarcodines
Flagellates
Ciliates
Sporozoans
Sarcodines
Amoebic movement
Feed by phagocytosis, pseudopod engulfs food particles
Ex. Amoeba
Flagellates
Have flagella
Live in fresh water or other organisms
Ex. Euglena
Ciliates
Hair like structures
Reproduce asexually by binary fission
Sexually by conjugation
Ex. Vorticella
Sporozoans
Parasitic
Complex life cycles
Ex. Malaria
Plant like protists
Autotrophic-contain chlorophyll
Unicellular or multicellular
Ex. Algae
Fungus like protists
Referred to as slime moulds
Most are saprotrophic
Fungi
Eukaryotic Live in soil,air, other organisms Heterotrophic Cell wall composed of chitin Unicellular or multicellular 3 types - mushrooms -yeast -mould
Fungi reproduction
Sexual and asexual
Archea
Live in extreme environments
Plants
Eukaryotes
Autotrophs
Terrestrial and aquatic
Alternation of generations
Bryophyte
First to move to the land
Ferns
First to have vascular tissues
Gymnosperms
Conifers; the have seeds