Flashcards
(35 cards)
What are the Dinoflagellates
Are mostly marine plantlike protists
Have two flagellas
May be Bioluminescent
Have stiff protective plates
Can cause red tides
What are the diatoms?
Are plantlike protists with glasslike shells
Shells made of silica
Produce large amounts of oxygen
What are the euglenoids
Are a large group of plantlike protists
Mostly Photosynthetic
Some Heterotrophic
Single-Celled
Have one or two flagellas
Many plantlike protists can reproduce….
Sexually and Asexually
Multicellular algae are classified by….
Their Pigments(colors)
Contain Chlorophyll a & b
GREEN ALGAE
Contain chlorophyll c
Brown Algae
Contain chlorophyll a & phycoerythrin
Red Algae
Slime molds and water molds are
funguslike protists
Fungus Protists decompose
organic matters
are eukaryotic organisms that have both funguslike and animal- like traits.
Slime Molds
are giant cells with many nuclei.
Plasmodial slime molds
Slime molds can be divided into two phyla:
plasmodial slime molds and cellular slime molds
Cellular slime molds contain
independent cells & are common in soil
Slime molds decompose like
Fungi
Slime molds move like
animals
Water models are
freshwater funguslike protists
One type of water mold caused
Great Potato Famin of Ireland in the 1800’s
Water molds Can be parasites of
plants or fish
The function of fungi is
Decompose
Fungi is unicellular or multicellular?
Multicellular
Fungi are..
Heterotrophs that absorbs their food
What are the three parts of the fungi
Hyphae,mycelium and fruiting body
What is the part of the fungi that is called hyphae
Are long strands (like the root of a plant but is not the root)