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Protozoa

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First animals

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Are protests unicellular or multicellular?

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Unicellular

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Protophyta

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First plants

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Where are protests found?

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Water

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How many kids die from Amoeba disease under the age of 5 every year?

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5 million

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Are phytoplankton autotrophic or heterotrophic?

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Autotrophs

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Why are phytoplankton autotrophic?

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They contain chloroplasts

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What is an example of a phytoplankton and what do they do?

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Dinoflagellates- kill the fish

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In what shape are the Amoeba?

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No shape- just a blob

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What do Amoeba look like?

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A hand

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What do pseudopods do and where are they found?

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Stretch out, covers the object, then secretes out enzymes and devours it

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What is a little package of food called?

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Food vacuole

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What does the eyespot do and where is it found?

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Searches for the light and when it finds the sun it moves towards it, Amoeba

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What helps the Paramecium to swim or move around?

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Cilia

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How many nuclei do Paramecium have or do they not have any at all?

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2

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What are the names of the nuclei in the Paramecium?

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Macronucleus and Micronucleus

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What does the macronucleus do?

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Controls the metabolic function of the cell, found in the center of the organism (larger nucleus)

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What does the micronucleus do?

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Controls reproduction add heredity function, located in a dent in the macronucleus (smaller nucleus)

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What part of the organism looks like a sun?

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Contractile vacuole

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What does the contractile vacuole do?

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Pumps out excess water

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Do Euglena contain chloroplasts?

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Yes

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What helps the Euglena move?

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Flagellum (the tail)

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What is a mixotroph?

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An autotroph that eats things every once in a while

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What is an autotroph?

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Something that makes food for themself

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What is a heterotroph?

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Something that has to eat others to survive

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An algae is a protist.

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True

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The algae are said to be the ancestor to all plants.

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True

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Are fungi heterotrophic or autotrophic and why?

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Heterotrophic because they don’t go through photosynthesis

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Are most fungi multicellular or unicellular?

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Multicellular

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Yeast is multicellular.

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False, it is unicellular

30
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What is the study of fungi known as?

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Mycology

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What is a scientist called that studies fungi?

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Mycologist

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Fungi are Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic?

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Eukaryotic

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What are the root-like filaments that are underground called? (Part of a fungus)

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Hyphae

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What are the cell walls of fungi made of?

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Chitin (not cellulose)

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What is a mat of hyphae called?

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Mycelium

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What are septa?

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Cross sections of hyphae

37
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Fungi _______ dead plants and animals.

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Decompose

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Saprophytes

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Eats others

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Can we eat some mushrooms, morels, and truffles?

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Yes certain kinds

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What is symbiosis?

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It is a beneficial relationship that 2 organisms form to live together in harmony while helping each other.

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What is a lichen?

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A symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi

42
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Organisms within Kingdom Plantae are _______________.

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Multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic, and lack mobility

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How do plants produce food?

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Photosynthesis

44
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Plants have cell walls made of what?

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Cellulose

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The success of everything else depends on what?

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The success of plants

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What do the roots do for the plant?

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They penetrate the soil and anchor the plant into the ground.

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What do the roots absorb and what do they do with it?

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Water and minerals- to be used in photosynthesis

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What do leaves provide for the plants?

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A large surface area that is big enough for the absorbing of sunlight

49
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Where does photosynthesis occur?

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Inside the chloroplasts that are in the leaves

50
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What are stems composed of and what does it do?

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Rigid tissue, helps raise and support the leaves

51
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What do stems do?

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They transport substances from the roots to leaves and to the leaves to roots

52
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What are plants divided into?

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4 main groups based on 2 characteristics

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What are the 2 main characteristics that plants are divided into?

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presence or absence of vascular tissue and seeds

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What do vascular tissues do?

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Transport substances

55
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What do vascular tissues transport?

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Water, minerals, sugar throughout the plant

56
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What do seeds contain?

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An embryo, stored food, and an outer coat

57
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What are nonvascular plants called?

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Bryophytes

58
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Are Euglena unicellular or multicellular?

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Unicellular

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What is a microscope slide, cover slip, and drop off something called?

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Wet mount

60
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What do paramecium mostly feed on?

A

Bacteria

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