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What is true about protists?
a. all are unicellular b.all have nucleus c. all have membrane-bound organelles d. all are multicelluar |
b and c
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What were the first eukaryotic organisms on earth?
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protists
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what was Lynn Margulis's hypothesis about where the first protists came from
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they evolved from a symbiosis of several cells
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type of protist that consumes other organisms
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animallike protist
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type of protist that produces food by photosynthesis
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plantlike protist
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type of protist that uses external digestion
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funguslike protist
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at one time, what were all animal-like protists called
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protozoa
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how are the 4 phyla of animal-like protists distinguished from each other
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means of movement
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what kind of protists are classified in the phylum Zoomastigina
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animallike protists that swim using flagella
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how many flagella does a zooflagellate have
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most have one or 2; some have many
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zooflagellates reproduce asexually by what
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mitosis and cytokinesis (maybe binary fission)
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some zooflagellates have a sexual life cycle
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true
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what phylum are sarcodines from
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sarcodina
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what do sarcodines use pseudopods for
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feeding and movement
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amoebas reproduce by means of
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mitosis and cytokinesis
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ciliates are members of what phylum
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ciliophora
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short, hairlike projections similar to flagella
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cilia
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what do ciliates use cilia for
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feeding and movemtn
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within a large population, how does conjugation benefit ciliates
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helps to produce and maintain genetic diversity
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sporozoans are members of the phylum
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sporoza
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Euglenophytes are remarkably similar to what
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zooflagellates
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how do euglenas reproduce
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asexually by binary fission
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they yellow-green algae and the golden-brown algae are members of what phylum
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chrysophyta
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what color are the chloroplasts of chrysophytes
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yellowish gold
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the cell walls of some chrysophytes contain what
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the carbohydrate pectin
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diatoms are members of the phylum
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bacillariophyta
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the cell walls of diatoms are rich with what
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silicon
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diatoms are shaped like what
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a pill box
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dinoflagellates are members of what phylum
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pyrrophyta
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how do dinoflagellates obtain nutrition
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about half are photosynthetic, and other half are heterotrophs
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What is true about dinoflagellates?
a. generally have 1 flagellum b.many species are luminescent |
b
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how do dinoflagellates reproduce
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most by binary fission
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how do plantlike protists make much of the diversity of aquatic life possible
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they are at the base of the food chain
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large masses of algae that deplete the water of nutrients
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algal blooms
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damp "forest" of green and brown algae
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seaweed
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what pigments are used in red, brown, and green algae
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photosynthetic pigments
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red algae are members of what phylum
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rhodophyta
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what pigments do red algae contain
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chlorophyll a and phycobilins
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what color of light are phycobilins good at absorbing
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blue
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brown algae are members of what phylum
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Phaeophyta
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what pigments do brown algae contain
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chlorophyll a & c; fucoxanthin
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flattened stemlike structure
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stipe
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gas-filled swelling
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bladder
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structure that attaches alga to the bottom
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holdfast
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leaflike structure
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blade
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what is the largest known alga
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giant kelp
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green algae are members of what phylum
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chlorophyta
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what characteristics do green algae share with plants
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photosynthetic pigments and cell wall composition
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the freshwater alga Spriogyra forms long, threadlike colonies called
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filaments
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how can the cells in a Volvox colony coordinate movement
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connected by a strand of cytoplasm
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"sea lettuce"
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Ulva
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through photosynthesis, algae reproduce much of the earth's what
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oxygen
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how are funguslike protists like fungi? unlike?
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both are heterotrophs that absorb nutrients from dead or decaying matter; have centrioles and lack chitin cell walls
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funguslike protists that play key roles in recycling organic material
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slime molds
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cellular slime molds belong to what phylum
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Acraglomyphyta
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cellular slime molds spend most of their lives as free-living cells
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true
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acellular slime molds are part of what phylum
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Mexomycota
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the plasmodium eventually produces sproangia, which in turn produce haploid what
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spores
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what is another name for water molds; what phylum are they from
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oomycetes; oomycota
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thin filaments produces by water molds
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hyphae
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fertilization in water molds occurs in the what
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oogonium
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what is an example of plan diseases that water molds cause
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mildews
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what did the Great Potato Famine lead to
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immediate migration of more than 1 million irish people to the u.s.
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