Lab 2 Flashcards
A protist is the______ domain.
Eukarya
What is the focus of this lab?
Animal like, plant like, and fungus like, are what we are focusing on.
Eukaryotes are mostly…which means they are not…
Unicellular…animals, plants, or fungi.
The animal like protist is called
Protozoans
How many species are in the kingdom Protista?
200,000-500,000
What simple Eukaryotes are plant like?
algae and diatoms
What simple Eukaryotes are fungi like?
Slime molds
Where are Protists mostly found?
Moist environments
Lumpers
Morphologically similar organisms should be grouped until we find that they are different.
Splitters
Organisms should be viewed as unrelated until we find that they are.
Wait is lab 2 about?
Kingdom Protista
What clades and sub clades go under Protozoans?
Clade Euglenozoa
Sub-clade: Euglenoids
Sub-clade: Kinetoplastids
What characteristics are unique to Sub-clade: Kinetoplastids?
Flagella, undulating membrane, unicellular, heterotrophic, asexual and sexual reproduction
What characteristic is unique to Sub-clade: Euglenoids?
2 flagella, eyespot (stigma)- just senses light and dark, often photosynthetic
trypanosoma
African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease Charles Darwin died from it.