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57 Cards in this Set
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What three kingdoms does a Protist not belong to?
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Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Bacteria, or Prokaryote
(Plant-ae) (Ani-ma-lia) (Fun-gi) (Pro-kary-ote) |
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What kind of cells are most Protist?
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Unicelluar
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How do scientist think Protist evolved?
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Through the "Endosymbiotic Theory"
(Endo-sym-bio-tic) |
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What are Protist thought to be?
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The first eukaryotic organisms
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How do Biologist classify Protist?
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They can't agree on how to classify them
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What is the most common way of classifying Protist?
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By how they obtain their energy
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How do Animal-like Protist get their energy?
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By consuming energy
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How do Plant-like Protist get their energy?
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They use Photosynthesis
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How do Fungus-like Protist get their energy?
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By using external digestion (Tend to be parasites and decomposers)
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What are the four most well-known Animal-like Protist?
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1.) Amoeba (Amo-eba)
2.) Paramecium (Para-me-cium) 3.) Sporozoan (Sporo-zo-an) 4.) Flagellate (Flag-ell-ate) |
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What Animal-like Protist:
- Reproduce with Binary Fission - Live in streams and lakes - Move by Cytoplasmic (Cyto-plas-mic) streaming which forms Pseudopods (P-seu-do-pods) - Use Pseudopods to move and feed (food is stored in food vacuoles) |
Amoeba
(Amo-eba) |
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What is a Pseudopod?
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A FALSE foot
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What are the traits of an Amoeba?
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- Reproduce with Binary Fission
- Live in streams and lakes - Amoeboid movement by Cytoplasmic (Cyto-plas-mic) streaming which forms Pseudopods (P-seu-do-pods) - Use Pseudopods to move and feed (food is formed in food vacuoles) |
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What structures does an Amoeba have?
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- Pseudopodium (P-seu-dop-od-ium)
- Contractive Vacuole - Nucleus - Food Vacuole - Digestive Vacole - Extoplasm (Ex-to-plasm) - Endoplasm (Endo-plasm) |
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What Animal Like Protist:
- Reproduce using Binary Fission (Asexually) and Conjugation (Sexually) - Sweeps food into gullet - Movement is done by Cilia - Habitat: Lakes, streams, and both fresh and salt water |
Paramecium
(Para-mec-ium) |
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What are the three most important parts of a Paramecium?
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Contractive Vacuole, Macronucleus, and Micronucleas
(Macro-nuc-leus) (Mic-ro-nuc-leas) |
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What did the Paramecium use for defense?
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Trichocytsts
(Tri-choc-y-ts-ts) |
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What are the main parts of a Paramecium?
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- Macronucleus (Main Library)
- Micronucleus (Reserve Library) - Oral Groove - Cilia - Gullet - Food Vacuole |
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What do Sporozoans look like according to the picture he gave us?
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A circular-shaped microorganism with a dot in the middle
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What is a flagellate according to the picture he gave us?
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A small circular-shaped microorganism with one to two small tails coming out of it
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What causes Malaria?
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A type of sporozoan
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What carries Malaria?
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A Anopheles Mosquito
(Ano-phel-es) (Mos-quit-o) |
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What type of organism carries African Sleeping Sickness?
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Tsetse Fly
(T-set-se) |
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What kind of sporozoan causes malaria?
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"Plasmodium sp."
(Plas-mod-ium Sp.) |
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What microorganism causes African Sleeping Sickness?
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Trypanosoma sp.
(Try-pan-o-some) |
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What Protist is Amoebic Dysentary caused by?
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Entamoeba
(Enta-mo-eba) |
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How is Amoebic Dysentary given to people?
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By contaminated water
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How is Giardia caused?
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By drinking contaminated water with Giardia Lamblia (Gi-ar-dia Lamb-lia)
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What does Giardia cause?
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Severe diarrhea
(Dia-rr-hea) |
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What protist causes severe diarrhea
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Giardia
(Gi-ar-dia) |
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What is Changas Disease spread by?
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The kissing bug
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What type of Protist is Trichomoniasis?
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An STD
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What Protist is an STD?
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Trichomoniasis
(Tric-ho-mon-ia-sis) |
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What is Toxoplasmosis carried by?
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Cat feces
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What Protist is carried by cat feces?
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Toxoplasmosis
(Toxo-plas-mosis) |
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Is Trichomoniasis treatable?
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Yes
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What do Plant-like Protist use to get energy?
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Chlorophyll and Accessory pigments to trap energy from sunlight for photosynthesis
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What are the two groups of Plant-like Protist?
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Unicellular and Multicelluar
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What are qualities of Phytoplankton?
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- Small, photosynthetic
- found near surface of ocean - carry out half of the photosynthesis on Earth |
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What are small, photosynthetic, Plant-like Protist found near the surface of the ocean that carry out half the photosynthesis on Earth?
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Phytoplankton
(Phy-to-plank-ton) |
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What is the structure of the Euglena?
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- 2 Flagella
- light sensitive eyespots - Nucleus - Folded Mambrane Pellicle (Pell-i-cle) - Chloroplast - Constructive Vacoules - Paramylon Bodies (food vacoules) - Mitochondrion (Mito-chon-dri-on) |
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What is the folded membrane of a Euglena called?
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Pellicle
(Pell-i-cle) |
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How does the Euglena move?
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By Flagella
(Flag-ella) |
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What kind of energy-obtainers are Euglena?
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They are photoheterotrophs
(photo-het-ero-trophs) |
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Where do Euglena live?
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Ponds and streams
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How do Euglena reproduce?
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Through Binary Fission
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What type of Plant-like Protist is a Euglena?
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A unicelluar Plant-like Protist
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What type of Protist make huge, deadly "Red Tides"?
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Dinoflagellates
(Din-flag-ell-ates) |
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What are the qualities of a Dinoflagellate?
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- It is luminescent (can glow)
- half are photosynthetic (photo-synthetic) and half are heterotrophs (hetero-trophs) - live in oceans - reproduce asexually through binary fission |
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What are the two groups of Dinoflagellates?
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Photosynthetic and heterotrophs
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What are the cell walls of Diatoms rich in?
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Silica
(Sil-ica) |
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What are Diatoms shaped like?
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Petri-dishes or a flat pill-box
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What is the most abundant organism on Earth?
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Diatoms
(Dia-toms) |
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What kind of environments do Diatoms live in?
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Salt and Fresh water
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What kind of reproduction occurs in Euglena?
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Asexual and Sexual
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What are the two groups of obtaining-energy organisms are Dinoflagellates divided into?
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Photosynthetic and heterotrophs
(Photo-syn-the-tic) (Hetero-trophs) |
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What are the three types of Algae?
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Green, Red, and Brown
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