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21 Cards in this Set
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What is an example of a member of the Phylum Rhizopoda?
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amoeba
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what are pseudopods used for?
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locomotion and phagocytosis
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food vacuole
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used to store and intracellularly digest food with enzymes
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contractile vacuole
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expel excessive water (is typically overstretched and therefore bigger than food vacuole)
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how do amoeba reproduce?
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binary fission
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What is an example of an organism in the Phylum Sarcomastigophora?
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trypanosoma
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what disease does trypanosoma cause?
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african sleeping sickness through the tsetse fly
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how do trypanosoma move?
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a flagellum and an undulating membrane
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how do trypanosoma reproduce?
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transverse fission
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what is an example of an organism in the phylum ciliaphora?
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paramecium
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how does paramecium move?
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beating cilia
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How is paramecium shaped and what are some of its structures?
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shoe shaped (because of pellicle)
oral groove food and contractile vacuoles |
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how do paramecium reproduce asexually and sexually?
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asexually---transverse fission
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what phylum do vorticella belong to?
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Ciliophora
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what phylum do forams belong to?
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Foraminifera
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what compound makes up the test of a foram?
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CaCO3
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what phylum does Plasmodium belong to?
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Apicomplexans
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what disease does Plasmodium cause?
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causes malaria by infecting RBC using the female Anopheles mosquito as the vector
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What phylum does Physarum belong to?
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Myxomycota
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What is the common name for Phylum Myxomycota?
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Plasmodial Slime Molds
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sclerotium
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hard resistant structure that a plasmodium may dry into when environmental conditions become less optimal
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