Eukaryotes

Question 1

What are the 7 classifications of Taxonomy?

Answer 1

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus , Species

Question 2

What is taxonomy?

Answer 2

the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Question 3

What are the two kingdoms?

Answer 3

Plants & Animals

Question 4

Define Protophyta

Answer 4

Unicellular ; Plants

Question 5

Define Metaphyta

Answer 5

Multicellular ; Plants

Question 6

Define Protozoa

Answer 6

Unicellular; Animals

Question 7

Define Metazoa

Answer 7

Multicellular; Animals

Question 8

What is a unicellular Eukaryote?

Answer 8

Protista

Question 9

What are the three domains of life?

Answer 9

Eukaryota, Archaea & Bacteria

Question 10

What is part of the Eukaryota?

Answer 10

Plants, Animals and Fungi

Question 11

Define Monera

Answer 11

biological kingdom made up of prokaryotes ; single celled organisms that lack a nucleus.

Question 12

7% of their genes match those in existing data? what virus

Answer 12

Amoeba Virus

Question 13

Domain that live in extreme environments?

Answer 13

Archaea

Question 14

Halo is greek for?

Answer 14

Salt ; Halophiles

Question 15

what is LUCA

Answer 15

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Question 16

What is the Endosymbiont Hypothesis?

Answer 16

theory that states some eukaryotic cell organelles, such as mitochondria and plastids, evolved from free-living prokaryotes. Mitochondrial endosymbiosis initiated the evolution of the eukaryotic cell (suggested by Margulis)

Question 17

Chrysophytes are?

Answer 17

Golden Algae, yellow pigment. can be photosynthestic if food is scarce

Question 18

Define Mixotrophs

Answer 18

survive using both photosyntesis when food is scarce and they eat bacteria and diatoms

Question 19

Define Heterotrophs

Answer 19

get energy by consuming other organisms, growing that way - included animals, bacteria and protists

Question 20

Define phototrophs

Answer 20

use light to make food and grow - include chloroplasts in their body

Question 21

name 3 main Alveolates

Answer 21

1.Dinoflagellates,
2. Apicomplexa
3. Ciliates

Question 22

Red tides are caused by what?

Answer 22

Noctiluca blooms (Dinoflagellate)

Question 23

Cilia is used by unicellular protists for?

Answer 23

feeding and locomotion

Question 24

name 3 main Rhizaria

Answer 24

1. Amoeba
2. Flagellates
3. amoeboflagellates

Question 25

SAR stands for?

Answer 25

Stramenopiles, Alevolates and Rhizaria

Question 26

What is SAR within

Answer 26

the Chromalveolates

Question 27

what is an Amoeba?

Answer 27

a type of cell or organism which has the ability to change its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods (pseudopodia used to move and feed)

Question 28

Define Hacrobia

Answer 28

diverse group of microbial eukaryotes - only related to eachother by molecular data sequencing

Question 29

What is seafoam?

Answer 29

protein mucus built up from dead Haptophytes ( Phaeocytstis)

Question 30

the pink photosynthetic pigment in extreme halophiles is...

Answer 30

Bacteriorhodopsin

Question 31

the red pigment in cyanobacteria is called...

Answer 31

Phycoerythrin

Question 32

the red pigment in cyanobacteria is called...

Answer 32

Phycoerythrin

Question 33

bacteria that produce methane are known as...

Answer 33

methanotrophic

Question 34

salt loving organisms are called..

Answer 34

halophiles