Lectures 5&6 Flashcards

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Eukaryotes that do not have distinctive features of animals, plants, or fungi

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Paraphyletic group

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Fossils of protists are found in rocks that are ____ BYA. The first protists appeared after ___ became abundant in the atmosphere and oceans

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1.8-1.5

oxygen

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Protists that lived millions of years ago settled to the sea floor. Pressure and heat transformed them into ____ and ___

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Petroleum

Natural Gas

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Eukaryotes that do not have the distinctive features of animals, plants, or fungi

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Protista

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Characteristics of protista cell surface. Some with ____ only and others with ___ made of different material

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plasma membrane

cell wall

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Protista mechanisms of movement.

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Motile or non-motile

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Three types of motile appendages of protists

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pseudopodia
flagella
cilia

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Transient projections of the cytoplasm

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Pseudopodia

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9
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Three types of protist body structure

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Unicellular
Colonial
Multicellular

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Most protists live in water, moist soil, or ____

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moist interiors of other organisms

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What are the 5 Types of asexual reproduction of protists

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Spores
Binary fission
Budding
Schizogony
Fragmentation
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A haploid structure, usually unicellular, that can be dormant and eventually give origin to an adult organisms without fusion to another cell

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Spore

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What are the 3 types of sexual reproduction of protists

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Haplontic (zygotic meiosis)
Diplontic (gametic meiosis)
Haplodiplontic (sporic meiosis, alternation of generations)

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14
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Animals and some protists have this life cycle. The only haploid cell in the cycle are the gametes. Only the diploid cell undergo mitosis. The gametes do not divide

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Diplontic life cycle

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Occurs in most fungi ad some protists. The only diploid cell in the cycle is the zygote. The dominant generation is the haploid generation. Only the haploid cells undergo mitosis.

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Haplontic life cycle

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Life cycle of most lats and some protists. Both diploid and haploid cells undergo mitosis.

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Haplodiplontic life cycle

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17
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Protists are alike in that all ____

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have a nucleus

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18
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Eukaryotes are divided into 6 monophyletic supergroups. Each supergroup includes ____. Each supergroup is a ____

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protists

clade

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A group of species that includes the ancestral species and all its descendants.

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Clade

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20
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The classification of organisms is based on analysis of

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DNA sequences

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21
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Unicellular with feeding grooves on the side of their bodies

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Excavata

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Lack functional mitochondria. Have two nuclei. Example is Giardia which causes diarrhea (hiker’s diarrhea)

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Diplomonads

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23
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Lack functional mitochondria. Have undulating membranes. Example is Trichomonas vaginalis which causes inflammation of the vagina.

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Parabasalids

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Some Excavata live in the gut of termites and digest wood. Symbiotic relationship among three organisms:

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The termite, the protist, and the bacteria that digest cellulose.

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25
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Have a rod inside their flagella

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Euglenozoa

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Unicellular with two flagella. Some photosynthetic with chlorophylls a and b and carotenoids. The chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis of a green alga (secondary endosymbiosis)

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Euglenoids

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Some euglenoids may ingest food particles by phagocytosis and some are ____

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heterotrophs

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Euglenoids have protein bands beneath their plasma membrane called a

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pellicle

29
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Euglenoids are considered to be part of ____

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plankton

30
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Heterotrophic, only one mitochondrion, unicellular or colonial with at least one flagellum. Can be free living parasites. One example is Trypanosoma which causes sleeping sickness and Chagas.

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Kinetoplastids

31
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Which characteristic is used to classify an organism within the Excavata?

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Its DNA sequences are more similar to organisms within the Excavata than to those of organisms in other subgroups

32
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Chromalveolata is a supergroup that includes ___ and ____

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Alveolata and Dinoflagellates

33
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Have alveoli vesicles beneath the plasma membrane which may increase their buoyancy

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Alveolata

34
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Unicellular with two flagella. Many are photosynthetic with chlorophylls a and c and carotenoids. Have cellulose in their cell walls. Part of marine and fresh-water plankton

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Dinoflagellates

35
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Certain dinoflagellates secrete ___

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neurotoxins that can kill fish and birds (ex: red tides)

36
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Parasites of animals. Have a unique arrangement of organelles at one end of the cell (apical complex) that allows them to invade host cells

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Apicomplexans

37
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An example of an Apicomplexan is ____ which causes malaria and is transmitted by mosquitoes

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Plasmodium

38
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With malaria the parasite reaches the liver where it

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reproduces and invades the RBC’s

39
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In the red blood cells the Plasmodium parasite multiplies and periodically

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rupture RBC’s which is associated with fever and chills

40
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Unicellular, large number of cilia, two nuclei.

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Ciliates

41
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The micronuclei of ciliates is involved in ___. The macronuclei contains ____

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sexual reproduction

many copies of the gene

42
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Unicellular, chlorophylls a,c, and carotenoids, silica cell walls, Chrysolaminarin storage, marine and freshwater plankton

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Chromalveolata: Stramenopila: Diatoms

43
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Multicellular, chlorophylls a, c, and carotenoids, marine environments

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Chromalveolata: Stramenopila: Phaecophyta/Brown Algae

44
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Water molds, white rusts, downy mildew. Filamentous bodies that consist of hyphae. Cell walls with cellulose. Zoospores with two flagella. Heterotrophs: saprobes or parasites.

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Chromalveolata: Stramenopila: Oomycota

45
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The supergroup
The chloroplasts originate from primary endosymbiosis of photosynthetic bacterium.
Include rhodophyta or red algae

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Archaeplastids

46
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Mainly multicellular
Chl a, phycoerithrin, and carotenoids
Cell walls with sulfated polysaccharides 
Used to make agar and carrageenan
Live in marine environments
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Archaeplastids:Red algae

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  • Unicellular, colonial, or multicellular
  • Chl a, b, and carotenoids
  • Cellulosic cell walls
  • Starch is the storage polysaccharide
  • Mainly aquatic (marine or fresh water) some in moist terrestrial environment
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Archaeplastida: Chlorophyta

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Green algae and diatoms are likely to be increasingly important for

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food and fuel production

49
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Archaeplastida: Chlorophyta: Chlorella is commonly used as a

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nutritional supplement and animal feed

50
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Archaeplastida: Charophyta: Green algae is commonly used as a ____

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biofuel

51
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  • Unicellular, colonial, or multicellular
  • Chl a,b, and carotenoids
  • Cellulosic cell walls
  • Starch
  • Freshwater habitats
  • The group of algae that is most closely related to land plants
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Archaeplastida: Charopytes

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The intercellular connections of Charophytes (plasmodesmata) are similar to those of _____

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plants

53
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All land plants evolved from a species of ____

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Charophytes

54
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In a marine env you find a photosynthetic organisms that is multicellular and has chloroplasts with 4 membranes. This organism is most likely a

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Brown algae

55
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The one supergroup where the origin of the chloroplast is the result of primary endosymbiosis (chloroplast only has two membranes)

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Archaeplastida

56
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In secondary endosymbiosis the chloroplast of organism will have ____ membranes

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4

57
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-Threadlike pseudopodia used for movement and to trap food particles

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Rhizaria

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  • Exoskeleton or wall is made of silica
  • Pseudopodia extrude through spike projections of the exoskeleton
  • Marine env part of the zooplankton
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Rhizaria: Radiolarians

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  • Cell wall contains organic and inorganic materials
  • The pseudopodia emerge through the perforation of the exoskeleton
  • Marine env part of the sooplankton
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Rhizaria: Foraminifera

60
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  • Difficult to define based on structural features
  • Some have silica-based shells others without them
  • Some with flagella
  • Abundant in the soil
  • Heterotrophic feeding on bacteria, fungi, and other protists
  • One group enslaved a green algae (secondary endosymbiosis)
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Rhizaria: Cercozoa

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Lobe shaped pseudopodia, lack of cell walls

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Amoebozoans

62
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___ and ___ are Unikonts the common ancestor had a single emergent flagellum. The characteristic of having flagellum has bee lost in many descendants is restricted only to a few cells in the life cycle

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Amoebozoans and Opisthokonts

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  • Many species
  • Pseudopods
  • Asexual reproduction only
  • Marine, freshwater, or terrestrial
  • free living or parasitic
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Amoebozoans: Amoebas

64
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  • life cycle contains unicellular and aggregate forms
  • unicellular amoeboid forms ingest bacteria
  • Lack of food can trigger aggregation as an aggregate they can move like a slug
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Amoebozoan: Cellular slime molds

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  • the nucleus of the zygote divide several times without cytoplasmic division
  • This results in the formation of multinucleate structure known as a plasmodium which can move and ingest bacteria
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Amoebozoa: Plasmodial slime mold

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  • single celled or form colonies during part of their life
  • have a single flagellum surrounded by a collar (choano)
  • flagellum is used for swimming and also beats bacteria through the collar for feeding
  • are the closest relatives to animals
  • Evidence: molecular data
  • Sponges (animals) have some cells that are very similar
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Opisthokonta: Choanoflagellida

67
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Among the organisms listed our closest relatives are

  • green algae
  • oomycota
  • choanoflagellates
  • diatoms
  • apicomplexans
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Choanoflagellates

68
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Algae are primary producers in 
Part of \_\_\_
Symbiotic relationship with \_\_\_
Heterotrophic protists are part of the \_\_\_\_\_\_
Some protists cause \_\_\_\_
Some protists are \_\_\_\_
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aquatic ecosystems
phytoplankton
animals
zooplankton
disease
decomposers