lecture 8 Flashcards
Protists, plants, and fungi are examples of ….
eukaryotes
eukaryotes
have a nucleus
prokaryotes
don’t have a nucleus
what does plasmodium cause
causes malaria (mosquito bites)
what happens when you have malaria
infects liver+blood cells
algal bloom
dinoflagellates
why is agal bloom a problem
toxins in shellfish
food chains
show energy gained from consumption
what is a main category of primary producer protists
photosynthetic protists
what study is used to study protist cell structures?
microscopy
what is a motility structure studied?
flagella
what is second technique used to study protists and terms to know
phylogenetic trees
-synapomorphy
-monophyletic group
-paraphyletic group
what technique is used to discover new lineages of protists
direct sequencing
endosymbiosis
eukaryotes emerged when prokaryote ingested or infected another prokaryote
what are 3 methods protists obtain food
ingestive feeding (heterotroph)
absorptive feeding (heterotroph)
photosynthesis (autotroph)