Toxic Protists

Question 1

mitochondria in diplomonads

Answer 1

mitosomes

Question 2

mitochrondria in parabasalids

Answer 2

hydrogenosomes

Question 3

reduced mitochrondria that lack functional electron transport chains and hence cannot use oxygen to help extract energy from carbohydrates and other organic molecules

Answer 3

mitosomes

Question 4

reduced mitochrondria that generate some energy anaerobically, releasing hydrogen gas as a by-product

Answer 4

hydrogenosomes

Question 5

Excavate with two nuclei

Answer 5

diplomonads

Question 6

Giardia group

Answer 6

diplomonad

Question 7

Trichomonas vaginalis group

Answer 7

parabasalid

Question 8

have a rod with either a spiral or a crystalline structure inside each of their flagella

Answer 8

euglenozoa

Question 9

two best-studied groups of euglenozoans

Answer 9

kinetoplastids and the euglenids

Question 10

contains Trypanosomes

Answer 10

kinetoplastids

Question 11

cause Chagas disease

Answer 11

Trypanosomes

Question 12

single, large mitochondrion that contains an organized mass of DNA

Answer 12

kinetoplastids

Question 13

pocket at one end of the cell from which one or two flagella emerge

Answer 13

euglenids

Question 14

“hairy” flagellum is paired with a shorter “smooth” (nonhairy) flagellum

Answer 14

straemopila

Question 15

gel-forming substance in cell walls of brown algae

Answer 15

algin

Question 16

brown algae used in Japanese soups

Answer 16

Laminaria

Question 17

membrane-enclosed sacs just under the plasma membrane

Answer 17

alveolates

Question 18

flagella in dinoflagellates

Answer 18

2

Question 19

tiny infectious cells in apicomplexans

Answer 19

sporozoites

Question 20

Main genuses of mosquitos

Answer 20

Aedes, Anopheles, Culex

Question 21

house mosquito species

Answer 21

Culex pipiens

Question 22

mosquito genus that transmits malaria

Answer 22

Anopheles

Question 23

one end of the cell contains a complex of organelles

Answer 23

Apicomplexans

Question 24

retained modified plastid in apicomplexans

Answer 24

apicoplast

Question 25

genus of malaria apicomplexan

Answer 25

plasmodium

Question 26

plasmodium cells released from liver

Answer 26

merozoites

Question 27

merozoites use this to pierce red blood cells

Answer 27

apical complex

Question 28

released from blood cells burst after merozoite infection

Answer 28

gametocyte

Question 29

common name for rhizaria

Answer 29

amoebas

Question 30

pseudopodia are threadlike

Answer 30

rhizaria

Question 31

rhizarians with silica skeleton

Answer 31

radiolarians

Question 32

rhizarians with calcium carbonate skeleton

Answer 32

forams

Question 33

rhizarians with external skeletons

Answer 33

forams

Question 34

rhizarians with internal skeletons

Answer 34

radiolarians

Question 35

Ex. Globigerina

Answer 35

forams

Question 36

Ex. Chlorarachniophytes

Answer 36

Cercozoans

Question 37

red pigment in red algae

Answer 37

phycoerythrin

Question 38

crispy sheets or as a wrap for sushi

Answer 38

red algae - Porphyra

Question 39

algae without flagellated gametes

Answer 39

red algae

Question 40

expanded plant kingdom; includes green algae and plants

Answer 40

Viridiplantae

Question 41

5 groups with a dominant haploid phase

Answer 41

Chlorophytes, fungi, apicomplexans, slime molds, bryophytes

Question 42

mating types of chlorophytes

Answer 42

+ and -

Question 43

immature chlorophytes

Answer 43

zoospores

Question 44

slime mold clade

Answer 44

mycetozoans

Question 45

single mass of cytoplasm that is undivided by plasma membranes and that contains many nuclei of slime molds

Answer 45

plasmodium

Question 46

slime molds that form a plasmodium

Answer 46

plasmodial slime molds

Question 47

slime molds that don't form a plasmodium

Answer 47

cellular slime molds

Question 48

amebic dysentery caused by what group

Answer 48

entamoebas

Question 49

second leading cause of death due to eukaryotic parasites

Answer 49

schistostomiasis

Question 50

third leading cause of death due to eukaryotic parasites

Answer 50

amebic dysentery

Question 51

dinoflagellate parasite that attaches to its victims and eats their skin

Answer 51

Pfiesteria shumwayae

Question 52

cause of sudden oak death

Answer 52

Phytophthora ramorum

Question 53

species cause of Potato late blight

Answer 53

P. infestans

Question 54

P. infestan's group

Answer 54

Straemopiles