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One or many celled organism which lives in a moist or wet enviroment
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Protist
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Describe Protist
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Some are plant like and contain chlorophyll while others are animal like and can move
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How are protists classified
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grouped based on characteristics shared with plants, animals, or fungi
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Are protist easy or hard to classify
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hard
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How is the evolution of protists studied
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through fossils and genetic material
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What are plantlike protists called
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algae
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What does algae or plantlike protists have to help them make food
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chlorophyll
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What does diatoms make
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glasslike boxes which can form fossils
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Where are diatoms found
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in fresh and salt water
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What does dinoflagellates use to move in their salwater enviroment
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flagella
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long, thin, whiplike structures to move in their saltwater enviroment
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flagella
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What type of characteristics do euglenoids have
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both plant and animal characteristics
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What helps euglenoids move towards light
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eyespots
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What do euglenoids need to make there own food
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light
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If euglenoids don't have light to make there own food what do they eat
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bacteria or other protists
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What is red algae also called
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seaweed
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Describe Red algae
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have many cells, contain chlorophyll, and large amounts of red pigment
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Describe green algae
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contain large amounts of chlorophyll, can be one or many celled, how plants envolved
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many celled, saltwater form of brown algae
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kelp
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What is an important source of food and shelter for aquatic organisms
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kelp
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What is called the grasses of the ocean
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algae
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What is a source of food for ocean organisms
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algae
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Does algae have an enviromental impact
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yes
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How does algae produce oxygen
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photosynthesis
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Does an algae bloom affect the enviroment good or bad
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bad. It causes problems.
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How do people use algae
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They eat it, use it for cosmetics and food products
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A one celled animal protist
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protozoans
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How are protozoans classified
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how they move
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A threadlike structure that extends from a ciliates cell membrane
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ciliates
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How many nuclei does a paramecium have
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two. micronucleus and macronucleus
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Which nuclei is involved in reproduction of a paramecium
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micronucleus
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Which nuclei controls other cell functions
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macronucleus
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What does ciliates eat
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bacteria
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How do flagellates move
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by whipping their long flagella
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Where do most flagellates live
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in freshwater but some are parasites
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Where does proterospongia's grow
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in cell colonies and have a structure like a sponge
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How do some protozoans move and eat
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by using pseudopods
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a temporary extension of a protozoans cytoplasm, also called false feet
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pseudopods
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What traps there food with it's pseudopods
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an amoeba
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What type of protozoans can not move on their own
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parasites
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Where does a parasite live
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on humans and other animals
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Do parasites have simple or complex life sycle
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complex
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What is an important food souce for many animals
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protozoans
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Shelled protozoans become part of what type of layer
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sediment layers
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What does geologist use to help them locate petroleum reserves
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shelled protozoans
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Some parasites can cause what in humans
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diseases
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What do funguslike protists produce
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spores
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Where do you find slime molds
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on decaying vegetation in cool areas
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Where do you find water molds
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in wet places. They can kill plants
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