Plant-like Protists Flashcards
1
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Plant-like protists
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Sea animal like would eventually starve without them
Essential to life of land because they produce oxygen through photosynthesis
Chloroplast
2
Q
3 groups of plant-like protists
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Euglenophyta
Pyrrophyta
Chrysophyta
3
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Euglenophyta
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The euglenas
Refer to diagram
4
Q
Pyrrophyta
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Marine organisms that are often referent as the dinoflagellates.
Important part of oceans food chains (May cause red tide🙁)
5
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Chrysophyta
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The diatoms have cell walls made of silica (glass). These hard cell walls are used as grit in scrubbing powders and toothpaste.
Reflective light/ reflective pain
