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Protists Flashcards

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What were the first eukaryotes to evolve that are also single celled organisms?

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Protists

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Are protists single-celled, multi-celled, or both?

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Both

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Which protista can be autotrophic, heterotrophic, and mixotrophic?

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Protozoans

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Are most protists photosynthetic? What are three examples?

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Yes and algae, dinoflagellates, and diatoms

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Are protists free-living? Are protists always parasitic, some, or none?

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Yes and some

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The best-known parasitic protist that also causes malaria is what?

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Plasmodium

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290 million people are infected each year and over 400,000 deaths from this disease?

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Malaria

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Charophyta, rhodophyta, ochrophyta, dinoflagellata, euglenozoa, protozoa, and amoebozoa are the seven phyla of what?

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Protista

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The phylum charophyta is more commonly known as what? What are three examples?

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Green algae. Volvox, spirogyra, and ulva/sea lettuce

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What two protists are part of phytoplankton and takes in CO2 and produces oxygen?

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Diatoms and dinoflagellates

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The phylum rhodophyta is more commonly known as what? What are three examples?

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Red algae. Porphyra, coralline, and chondrus/carrageen moss

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The phylum ochrophyta is more commonly known as what? What are two examples?

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Brown algae. Kelp/laminaria and diatoms

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50-90% of the oxygen made are by what two protists?

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Diatoms and dinoflagellates

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What is an example of the phylum dinoflagellata?

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Ceratium

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What is an example of the phylum euglenophyta?

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Euglena gracilis

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The euglena gracilis is mixotrophic and feeds on smaller dinoflagellates and bacteria? True or false?

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True

17
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What are two examples of the phylum amoebozoa which also causes amoebic dysentery?

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Amoeba proteus and entamoeba histolytica

17
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What is an example of the phylum protozoa?

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Paramecium multimicronucletum

18
Q

The naegleria fowleri’s common name is what?

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Brain-eating amoeba

19
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Ponds, lakes, rivers, hot springs, soil, and unchlorinated swimming pools are where what protist is found?

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Brain-eating amoeba

20
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In 1962-2018, 149 people have been infected by the brain-eating amoeba. How many survived, leaving a 97.25% fatality rate?

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4 people

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