Lab 1 (Jayden) Flashcards
Who are the single-celled eukaryotic organisms other wise known as ‘first animals’
Protozoans
True or false- protozoans form a distinct monophyletic clade
False - they do not form a distinct monophyletic clade but it is easier to address them as a group
What 4 characteristics do Protozoans share?
- A cell membrane instead of a cell wall
- No tissues nor organs, they have organelles
- Cytoskeleton is present
- Live in water/moist soil
What are the 3 groups of protozoans?
- Amoeba sp.
- Paramecium sp.
- Trypanosoma sp.
True or false - amoebas only live in freshwater
False - they live in both salt and freshwater, including moist soil
What 3 things do amoebas feed on?
- algae
- bacteria
- other protozoa
What is this, and what is the function?
Cell membrane
provides structure
acts as semi-permeable environmental barrier through which water, nutrients and other products flow.
What is this, and what is it made of?
Ectoplasm
strengthened by meshork of fibrous actin
What is this and what is the function?
Endoplasm
Inner fluid material, often found in organelles
What is this?
Amoeba proteus (w.m)
What is this?
Amoeba proteus (w.m.)
What is present in all animal cells and provides support, structure and involved in movement?
Cytoskeleton, a network of inner protein fibers
What is this and what is the function?
pseudopodia
Extensions of the membranes are used for movement by grasping a surface and pulling the rest of the cell forward.
(stiffened ectoplasm vs streaming endoplasm)
What is this and what is the function?
Food vacuole
When food items are encircled by pseudopodia, food vacuoles are formed, filled with water, enabling the food to be later digested by enzymes
What feeding process do amoebas use?
phagocytosis
What type of reproduction do amoebas use?
Asexual (binary fission)
Definition of paramecia
active ciliate protozoans found in freshwater that contain much organic matter
What do paramecia feed on? How do they feed?
They feed on small particles like bacteria. The oral groove is lined with cilia that draw food into the endoplasm.
Name all of the following body parts
How to paramecium reproduce?
asexually (binary fission)
sexually (conjugation)
What is this?
Paramecium (w.m.)
What is this?
Paramecium (w.m.)
What is this?
Paramecium (w.m.)
Definition of Trypanosoma
parasite that causes serious illnesses such as sleeping sickness and Chagas’s disease.
need an intermediate host to infect humans.
How do Trypanosoma move?
flagellum
What is this?
Trypanosoma Brucel (b.s.)
How do Trypanosoma feed?
absorb food from its host’s blood or other body fluids through cell membrane
Label all the following body parts
Define Porifera
multi-cellular metazoan organisms
have no tissues or organs
cellular level organization
all adults are sessile, may be colonial or solitary
Name four shared characteristics among poriferans
- pore and canal system
- choanocytes
- spicules + spongin
- spongocoel and osculum