LESSON 6: D5 - The Protists Flashcards

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1
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What is the most diverse kingdom?

A

Kingdom protista

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2
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Can protists be moblie or staionary?

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Both

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3
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Can protists be terristal or aquatic

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Both

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4
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Are all protists harmful?

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No, however, many are.

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5
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What is the protist disease that is the greatest concern to human?

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Maleria

-Carried in mosquitos
-Cuased by several speices of Plasmodium

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6
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Are protist mulit-cellular or uni-cellular

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Single celled

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7
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Do protists have membrane bound organelles?

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Yes

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What charcteristic differentiate kingdom Proista from being put in other kingdoms?

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-Cell walls are amde up of cellulose and not chitin like Fungi
-Had given rise to members of kigndom Plantee, and have differen reproduction methods from it
-Animal-like protists are belivied to given rise to all larger organisims in kindom amilia

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Why are animal-like protists not considerd animals?

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-Because animals are multi-ceulluar and protists are not

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10
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Whos ancestors gave rise to fungi, plants and animals?

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Protists

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What are thethree catgories mebers of protista are group into?

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-Fungus
-Animal-like protists
-Plant cell unicellular and multi-cellular

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12
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What are 3 ways of locomtoion for protists?

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  • Cilates (Hair like)
    -Flagellates (whip like)
  • pseudopodia (faek foot made from cytoplasma)
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13
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What is Plasmodium

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Is a protist thta causes Maleria

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14
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How is Maleria from an infected mosquito passed to a human?

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Passed from the salvia of the mosquito.

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15
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Giardia Lamlia

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  • Known as beaver fever
    -found in waters with beaver dams near
    -Drinking the water can lead to stomach pain, diarreah and more
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16
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Trichomonas baginalis

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-Trich is a STD
-Known as a protozan parasite
-Both men and women can be infected
- Includes burnign and itching
-Can be treated with anti-biotics

17
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Crypotosporiuium

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  • Lives in the intestines specifically the small intestine
    -Found in foods, water, surfaces
    -Spread through stool
  • Has an outshell which allows it to survive longer
    Signs include cramps, watery stool, weight loss etc
18
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Porphyra

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  • A helpful protists
    -Found in seaweed, paints, makeup, food addtivies, agar and carrageenan
19
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Why are protists important?

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  • Play key rolls in ecosystems such as preforming photosynthesis and acting as producers
    -They can be consumers and help the macroscopic food pryamid
    -Play a role in terrestial ecosystems. For example, they are food in a lot fo soils
20
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Who were the first eukaryotes?

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Protists

21
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How was the nucules formed

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-From internal folding of the cell membrane

22
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How were organelles like the mitochondria and chloroplast formed?

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Endosymbiosis
- When one type of cell is taken in and lives within another cell

23
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How is kingdom protista used as a matter of convenince?

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  • ANY speices that do not fit into the other kingdoms are put into kingdom protista
    -It is sor tof like a “catch-all”
24
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Is there a typical protist?

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No, because they are very diverse yet still simple. They can differ from one another.

Different

-Energies
-Cellular features
-modes of reproduction
-interactions with their enviroment

25
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What organisims do kingodom protista include?

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Every eukaryotic organsim that isn’t…

-Plant
-Fungi
-Animal

KEEP IN MIND ORGANISIMS IN KINGDOM PROTISTA CAN BE MULTICELLULAR OR UNICELLULAR

26
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What domian do proists fall under?

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Domain Eukarya

27
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Where do protists live?

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In wet or damp enviroments

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