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29 Cards in this Set
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Are protozoa unicellular or multicellular?
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Unicellular
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Are protozoa prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
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Eukarytoic
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True or False:
Most protozoa are parasites, but some are free living. |
False; MOST protozoa are FREE LIVING, but SOME are PARASITES
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True or False:
Majority of protozoans lack a cell wall. |
True
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Majority of protozoans lack a cell wall, but SOME MAY contain either what 3 things on the outside of the cell membrane?
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Can contain either of the following:
1. Flexible layer, 2. Pellicle, or 3. Inorganic materials |
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How do protozoa move/maneuver?
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Locomotor organelles or by a gliding mechanism.
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What type of "trophic" microbes are protozoa?
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Heterotrophic
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Free living protozoa obtain their nutrition by what?
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Particles such as bacteria, yeast, and algae
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Parasitic protozoa obtain their nutrition by what?
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Body fluids of their host
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How do protozoa reproduce?
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Primarily asexual but some sexual occurs in SOME groups.
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Taxonomy groups protozoans according to what?
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Locomotion
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What are the 4 classes (according to the lab manual) of protozoa?
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1. Sarcodina
2. Mastigophora 3. Ciliophora 4. Sporozoa |
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Sarcodina class uses what to move?
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Pseudopods
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Pseudopods consist of what?
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Ectoplasm & Protoplasm
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Which are the 2 types of Sarcodina mentioned in the lab manual?
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Amoeba proteus
Entamoeba histolytica |
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Out of the 2 types of Sarcodina, which is the parasite?
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Mastigophora moves by what?
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Flagella
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What are the 3 free living genera of Mastigophora mentioned in the lab manual?
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1. Cercomonas
2. Heteronema 3. Euglena |
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The free living Mastigophora protozoans obtain their nutrition by what?
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Photosynthesis
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The free living Mastigophora protozoans can ALSO be classified as what?
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Flagellated algae
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What are the 3 types of parasitic Mastigophora mentioned in the lab manual?
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1. Trichomonas vaginalis,
2. Giardia lamblia 3. Trypanosoma species |
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The class Ciliophora moves by what?
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Cilia
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What are the 2 types of Ciliophora mentioned in the lab manual?
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1. Paramecium caudatum
2. Balantidium coli |
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Out of the 2 types of Ciliophora, which is parasitic?
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Balantidium coli
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How do the class Sporozoa move?
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Do not have locomotor organelles, but exhibit movement during immature forms
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True or False:
Pertaining to Sporozoa, during the immature forms some exhibit some type of movement even if physically they do not contain locomotor organelles. |
True
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True or False:
All Sporozoans are parasitic. |
True
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Which genus is mentioned in the lab manual for the class Sporozoa?
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Plasmodium
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The genus Plasmodium come from what class and causes what?
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Sporozoa - Malaria to animals and humans
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