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Which organisms contain chloroplasts? (amoeba/euglena/paramecium/spirogyra)
euglena and spirogyra
Endoplasm and ectoplasm: which is on the outside, which is on the inside?
endoplasm: inside
ectoplasm: outside
How does phylum Sarcodina move?
pseudopods
How does phylum Mastigophora move?
flagellum
How does phylum Sporozoa move?
none
How does phylum Ciliophora move?
cilia
Where does phylum Chlorophyta live, and what kind of cell wall?
fresh water, cellulose in the cell wall
Where does phylum Chrysophyta live, and what kind of cell wall?
marine and fresh water, silicon dioxide in the cell wall
Where does phylum Pyrrophyta live, and what kind of cell wall?
marine water, cellulose (or atypical) in the cell wall
Where does phylum Phaeophyta live, and what kind of cell wall?
cold marine waters, cellulose and alginic acid in the cell wall
Where does phylum Rhodophyta live, and what kind of cell wall?
warm marine waters, cellulose in the cell wall
Which phylum is responsible for red tides?
Pyrrophyta
Which phylum is also known as green algae?
Chlorophyta
Which phylum has diatoms in it?
Chrysophyta
Which phylum has red algae in it?
Rhodophyta
Which phylum's organisms often form sessile colonies which use holdfasts?
Chrysophyta (these are the not-diatom organisms)
Into what two groups is plankton divided?
zooplankton (small animals or protozoa) and phytoplankton (photosynthetic organisms, primarily algae)
Amoeba: what phylum?
Sarcodina
Euglena: what phylum?
Mastigophora
Plasmodium: what phylum?
Sporozoa
Paramecium: what phylum?
Ciliophora
Cosmarium (looks like clovers): what phylum?
Chlorophyta
Diatoms: what phylum?
Chrysophyta
Peridinium (dinoflagellate): what phylum?
Pyrrophyta
Macrocystis (kelp/seaweed): what phylum?
Phaeophyta (aka brown algae, contains alginic acid)
Corallina: what phylum?
Rhodophyta
What is a red tide?
certain species within phylum Pyrrophyta blooming all at once and turning the water both red and toxic
What two phyla principally contain macroscopic algae?
Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta
What is unique about the way a euglena obtains food?
it can be both autotrophic (photosynthesis) and saprophytic
What phylum is responsible for most photosynthesis?
Phylum Chrysophyta (diatoms)
What does the oral groove do?
sweeps food into the gullet for eating and also is used for conjugation
What does the pellicle do?
hold the cell into shape
When conditions are ideal, algae will reproduce so rapidly that they essentially “take over” their habitat. This is referred to as an ______.
algal bloom
Name 3 pathogenic organisms from kingdom Protista.
Toxoplasma gondii (causes birth defects), Plasmodium (causes malaria), Balantidium coli and Entamobea histolytica (both cause severe dysentery)