Protist Flashcards

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1
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True nuclei 
Organelles 
9+2 flagella 
Most unicellular 
Some are colonial and multicellular
A

Protist

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Animal like Protists
Hetertrophic nutrition
Primarily Ingest their food

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Protozoa

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Plant like protist

Mostly photosynthetic nutrition (photoautotrophs)

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Algae

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Flexible; movie via pseudophodia(false feet)

Example: amoeba

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Amoebae

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5
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Apical complex
Parocitic lifestyle
Example: plasmodium which causes malaria

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Apicomplexans

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Move via cilia
Macro and micronuclei present
Example: paramecium

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Ciliates

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Move via flagellates
Example trypanosoma which causes sleepy sickness
Euglena

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Flagellates

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Green color 
Cell walls made of cellulose 
Store starch 
Unicellular and colonies 
Example: volvox
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Green algae

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9
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Marine algae that are multicellular

No true leaves, stems, or roots

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Seaweeds

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10
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Glassy cell walls containing silica
Store oil
Unicellular
Important food source

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Diatons

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Unicellular
Enclosed by plates of cellulose
2 flagella causes spinning motion and can cause red tides (toxins)

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Dinoflagellates

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Reddish color

Most live in warm water

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Red algae

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13
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Plantlike life cycle
Probably ancestors of plants
Example- ulva- needs bacteria to form

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Multicellular green algae

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14
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Largest and most complex algae

Example: kelp

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Brown algae

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