Protists

Question 1

Protists are?

Answer 1

are basically a collection of eukaryotes that do not fit in the Kingdoms Plantae, Animalia, and Fungi

Question 2

Why is classification of protists difficult?

Answer 2

because it is a polyphyletic group containing multiple, independent lineages and common ancestors

Question 3

polyphyletic

Answer 3

(of a group of organisms) derived from more than one common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group and therefore not suitable for placing in the same taxon.

Question 4

8 major groups of protists

Answer 4

Excavates, Euglenozoans, Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizarians, Amoebozoans, Red Algae. Green Algae

Question 5

What is secondary endosymbiosis?

Answer 5

is when non-photosynthetic protists engulf photosynthetic protists

Question 6

the chloroplasts that have 4 membranes are labeled as what?

Answer 6

2 from the primary endosymbiosis of the photosynthetic bacteria, 1 from the engulfed protists membrane, 1 from the host food vacuole

Question 7

How do protists reproduce?

Answer 7

Protists mostly reproduce asexually through mitosis to form identical copies of themselves as seen in Paramecium

Question 8

Paramecium

Answer 8

a single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipper-like shape and is covered with cilia