Kingdom Protista

Question 1

Eukaryote Plasmids

Answer 1

Rare

Question 2

Eukaryote Cell Division

Answer 2

mitosis and meiosis

Question 3

Eukaryote Reproduction

Answer 3

Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Question 4

Eukaryote Morphology

Answer 4

Complexity unicellular, filamentous, colonial and multicellular

Question 5

Eukaryote Cell Wall Composition

Answer 5

Cellulose

Question 6

Unicellular Heterotrophic Protists

Answer 6

Referred to as protozoa. All protozoa lack cell walls

Question 7

Photoautotrophic Protists

Answer 7

Referred to as algae. Free living and contain cell walls

Question 8

Supergroup Excavata

Answer 8

• Diverse
• All are unicellular
• All have flagella
• Modified mitochondria
• Anaerobic metabolism

Question 9

Giardia Intestinalis

Answer 9

Belong to Supergroup Excavata

-cause giardiasis

Question 10

Trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 10

Belong to Supergroup Excavata

-parasitic protozoan that causes vaginal infections in about 180 million women globally

Question 11

Trypanosoma

Answer 11

Belong to Supergroup Excavata

• Parasitic protozoa that cause trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)
• It is transmitted to humans from the tsetse fly

Question 12

Leishmania

Answer 12

Belong to Supergroup Excavata

• parasitic protozoa that causes leishmaniasis in humans
• Cutaneous Leishmaniasis- skin sores
• Visceral Leishmaniasis- fatal infection of organs
• transmitted by the bite of a sand fly

Question 13

Euglena

Answer 13

Belong to Supergroup Excavata

• Unicellular algae
• presence of eye spots
• mixotrophic

Question 14

Supergroup Chromalveolata

Answer 14

-Highly diverse
- May have originated by secondary endosymbiosis
-Unicellular photosynthetic organisms
-Multicellular photosynthetic organisms
-Unicellular heterotrophic organisms
-Unicellular parasitic organisms
Examples – Ciliates, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates, Oomycetes. Brown Algae, Apicomplexans

Question 15

Supergroup Rhizarians

Answer 15

• Amoebas with thread like pseudopodia and mineral shells (tests)
• Examples – Foraminiferans sp., Radiolarians sp.
• Diverse group with DNA similarities

Question 16

Supergroup Archaeplastida

Answer 16

• Primary Endosymbiosis
• Closest relatives of land plants

Examples – Green Algae, Red Algae

Question 17

Supergroup Unikonts

Answer 17

-Claim to Fame - Protists most closely related to land animals and fungi

Examples – Amoeba sp., Entamoeba sp., Slime Molds

Question 18

Flagellated Parasitic Protozoans

Answer 18

1. Giardia intestinalis
2. Trichomonas vaginalis
3. Trypanosoma
4. Leishmania

Question 19

Amoeboid Parasitic Protozoans

Answer 19

1. Entamoeba

Question 20

Nonmotile Parasitic Protozoans

Answer 20

1. Plasmodium

Question 21

Ciliates

Answer 21

1. Paramecium

Question 22

Amoeboid

Answer 22

1. Foraminiferans
2. Radiolarians
3. Amoeba

Question 23

Unicellular Algae

Answer 23

I. Euglena
II. Dinoflagellates
III. Diatoms
IV. Chlamydomonas

Question 24

Filamentous Algae

Answer 24

I. Spirogyra

Question 25

Colonial Algae

Answer 25

. Volvox

Question 26

Multicellular Algae

Answer 26

I. Ulva/Sea lettuce II. Laminaria III. Calithamnion

Question 27

Oomycetes

Answer 27

I. Saprolegnia

Question 28

Slime Molds

Answer 28

I. Physarum

Question 29

Entamoeba

Answer 29

- Amebic dysentery | - Means of transmission: Fecal-oral

Question 30

Plasmodium

Answer 30

- Malaria | - Means of transmission- Anopheles mosquito

Question 31

Amoeba

Answer 31

Pseudopodia | Habitat: Anopheles mosquito

Question 32

Paramecium

Answer 32

Ciliate | Fresh and saltwater

Question 33

Foraminiferans

Answer 33

Pseudopodia | Saltwater

Question 34

Radiolarians

Answer 34

Pseudopodia | Saltwater

Question 35

Euglena

Answer 35

Flagellated; autotrophic/mixotrophic | Fresh and saltwater

Question 36

Dinoflagellates

Answer 36

Flagellated; autotrophic; red tide | Fresh and saltwater

Question 37

Diatoms

Answer 37

Nonemotile; autotrophic | Fresh and saltwater

Question 38

Chlamydomonas

Answer 38

Flagellated; autotrophic | Fresh and saltwater

Question 39

Spirogyra

Answer 39

Nonemotile; filamentous; autotrophic | Freshwater

Question 40

Volvox

Answer 40

Flagellated; colonial; autotrophic | Freshwater

Question 41

Ulva

Answer 41

Nonemotile; multicellular; autotrophic | Saltwater

Question 42

Laminaria

Answer 42

Nonemotile; multicellular; autotrophic | Saltwater

Question 43

Calithamnion

Answer 43

Nonemotile; multicellular; autotrophic | Saltwater

Question 44

Saprolegnia

Answer 44

Nonmotile; heterotrophic; saprophyte; parasitic | Freshwater; soil; marine

Question 45

Physarum

Answer 45

Nonmotile; heterotrophic;unicellular and plasmodial Terrestrial