module 3 Flashcards
Protista characteristics
eukaryotic, half unicellular half multicellular, half cell wall half no cell wall, half producers half decomposers
subkingdom protozoa characteristics
eukaryotic, unicellular, mostly decomposers, mostly motile, no cell wall
subkingdom algae characteristics
eukaryotic, colonial or multicellular, mostly producers, cell wall, mostly non-motile
phylum Mastigophora
protozoa with a flagellum
euglena, Volvox
phylum Sarcodina
protozoa with pseudopods
amoeba
phylum ciliaphora
protozoa with cilia
paramecium
phylum Sporozoa
protozoa with no means of locomotion
plasmodium
pellicle
a firm but flexible coating on the outside of plasma membrane
chloroplasts
organelle that contains chlorophyll for producers
stigma
eyespot
pseudopod
false foot
food vacuoles
sacs of food inside the cell
contractile vacuole’s
regulates the amount of water in the cell
cytoplasm
jelly like substance that the cell parts float in
Lymosome
organelles that surround food vacuoles and digest food for cell
The cause of malaria
sporozoa and plasmodium
algae uses
produce 70% of earths oxygen supply, food source for aquatic organisms, people, livestock
plankton
zoo plankton (tiny animals are protozoa) + phytoplankton (photosynthetic organisms)
phylum chlorophyta
Green algae
corella, desmids, spirogyra
phylum chrysophyta
cell walls made of silicon dioxide
diatoms
phylum pyrrophyta
have two flagella creates poisonous red tide
dinoflagellates
phylum phaeophyta
Brown algae
kelp and seaweed
phylum Rhodophyta
Red algae
coral weed, Hildenbrandia
Sessile
means colongy anchored to something not free-floating
