Plant like protists Flashcards
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Euglenophyta
Phylum that contain plantlike protists that move by flagella and have chlorophyll .
Euglena
cell belonging to the phylum Euglenophyta that contain chlorophyll
Eye spot
Organ that detects light
Pyrrophyta
Fire making protists
Dinoflagellates
Protists belonging to the phylum Pyrrophyta is typically photosynthetic moves by means of two flagella
Luminescence
Emission of light by a substance that has not been heated
Chrysrophyta
Phylum containing yellow green algae golden brown algae and diatoms .
Diatoms
Photosynthetic cell belonging to the phylum chrysophyta that produces intricate cell walls rich in silicon
Slime molds
a simple organism that consists of an acellular mass of creeping gelatinous protoplasm containing nuclei, or a mass of amoeboid cells. When it reaches a certain size it forms a large number of spore cases.
Acrasiomycota
Phylum containing cellular slime molds
Myxomycota
Phylum containing acellular slime molds .
Plasmodia
Mass of cytoplasm that contains many nuclei such as structure produced by acellular slime molds that contain thousand nuclei of use membrane .
Bloom
Enormous growth of algae protist and other organisms that result if too much water is present in a body of water
Phytoplankton
any small photosynthetic organism found in great numbers near the surface of the ocean