Protistsss

Question 1

What are protists?

Answer 1

Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryotic organisms. Most are aquatic, and autotrophic or heterotrophic, super diverse

Question 2

What are Animal-like protists called? Give an example

Answer 2

Protozoans. Ameoba and paramecia are two examples

Question 3

What phylum are flagellates?

Answer 3

Zoomastigina

Question 4

Common name for phylum zoomastigina?

Answer 4

The flagellates

Question 5

Main characteristic of flagellates? Give an example

Answer 5

Move using flagella, trypanosoma, causative agent of sleeping sickness

Question 6

Phylum for ameoba?

Answer 6

Phylum sarcodina

Question 7

Common name of phylum sarcodina?

Answer 7

Ameoba

Question 8

Traits of ameoba?

Answer 8

Move using pseudopods (manipulate their endoplasm to form “limbs”)

Question 9

Phylum for ciliates?

Answer 9

Phylum ciliophora

Question 10

Common name for phylum ciliophora?

Answer 10

Ciliates

Question 11

Characteristics of ciliates? + Example

Answer 11

Move using hairy cilia, sweep food into an oral groove, macro and micro nucleus + paramecium

Question 12

Phylum for sporozoans?

Answer 12

Phylum sporoza

Question 13

Common name for phylum sporoza?

Answer 13

Sporozoans

Question 14

Characteristics of sporozoans + example

Answer 14

Non-motile, must live in a host, and cause disease. + Plasmodium (malaria)

Question 15

Characteristics of Animal-like protists?

Answer 15

Unicellular, heterotrophs classified by how they move

Question 16

Characteristics of plant-like protists?

Answer 16

Uni/multicellular, or colonial, autotrophic

Question 17

Phyla of unicellular algae?

Answer 17

Euglenophyta, pyrrophyta, and bacillariophyta

Question 18

Characteristics of euglenophyta? + Example

Answer 18

Aquatic, unicellular, move with one flagellum. Photosynthesize normally, but become heterotrophic in low-light conditions

Question 19

Characteristics of pyrrophyta?

Answer 19

Move via two flagella, also responsible for red tides

Question 20

Characteristics of bacillariophyta

Answer 20

For elaborate silicon shells for protection, also most abundant form of marine algae

Question 21

Phyla of multicellular/colonial algae

Answer 21

Chlorophyta, rhodophyta, phaeophyta

Question 22

Characteristics of phylum chlorophyta +example

Answer 22

Contain chlorophyll (green), mostly found in fresh water, colonial-connected by cytoplasm, reproduce asexually, volvox

Question 23

Characteristics of phylum rhodophyta+ example

Answer 23

Found in salt water, reddish colour, seaweeds

Question 24

Characteristics of phylum phaeophyta+example

Answer 24

Most plant-like of all, can be absolutely huge, kelps

Question 25

Fungus-like protists?

Answer 25

Does basically everything a fungus does, but has no chitin in cell walls, so not technically fungi

Question 26

What are slime molds?

Answer 26

Fungus-like protists that live in cool, moist, shady places, creep around like ameoba, and can reach over a meter in diameter