G.1 Intro To Protists

Question 1

Ingestive protists

Answer 1

Protists that engulf/ ingest bacteria and other small particles (like humans)

Question 2

Photosynthetic protists

Answer 2

Plant-like protist that get their nutrients from converting sunlight into energy using photosynthesis (like plants)

Question 3

Absorptive protists

Answer 3

Protists that absorb food molecules across their cell membranes (like fungi)

Question 4

Plankton

Answer 4

“Floaters,” these are organisms that can’t swim well and end up being carried along by ocean currents

Question 5

Phytoplankton

Answer 5

Photosynthetic plankton (autotrophic)

Question 6

Zooplankton

Answer 6

Animal plankton (heterotrophic), meaning they gain their nutrients by eating other plankton

Question 7

Herbivorous

Answer 7

Feeding on plants/ eating plants

Question 8

Carnivorous

Answer 8

Animal - feeding on other animals

Plant - able to trap and digest insects

Question 9

Theory of Endosymbiosis

Answer 9

Theory that states that eukaryotic cells are derived from prokaryotic cells based on the fact that the mitochondria and chloroplasts are the same size as prokaryotic cells. Suggests that prokaryotes weren’t digested by the eukaryotes that ingested them and eventually became organelles