Chapter 28 Protists

Question 1

Paramecium motility

Answer 1

many cilla

Question 2

amoeba motility

Answer 2

pseudopod (fingers that can change shape)

Question 3

Euglena motility

Answer 3

Flagellum

Question 4

Protist

Answer 4

any eukaryote that is not a plant, animals or fungi

Question 5

purpose of cytoskeleton

Answer 5

provides structural support for eukaryotic cells

Question 6

Multicellular protists function

Answer 6

biological functions are carried out by organs

Question 7

Unicellular protists

Answer 7

carry out the same bioloical function

Question 8

Photoautotrophs

Answer 8

use sunlight to provide energy to snthesize their food

Question 9

heterotrophs

Answer 9

can not make their own food instead they ingest other organisms

Question 10

mixotrophs

Answer 10

capable of both photosynthesis and heterotrophy

Question 11

endosymbiosis

Answer 11

relationship between two species which one organism live inside the cell or cells

Question 12

Plastids

Answer 12

double membrane organelle found in cells of plants and algae

Question 13

plastids gave rise to

Answer 13

red and green algae

Question 14

secondary endosymbiosis

Answer 14

heterotrophic eukaryotic cell engulfed a photosynthetic eukaryotic cell which survived inside the heterotrophic cell

Question 15

symbiotic protist

Answer 15

live alongside other species

Question 16

photosynthetic protists

Answer 16

use energy from the sun to convert CO2 to organic compounds

Question 17

Parasites of the genus Tryoansoma evade immune responses through

Answer 17

Frequently changing their surface proteins

Question 18

Locomotion in protists

Answer 18

cilla, flagella, pseudopodia, and undulating membrane

Question 19

What group is characterized by cells that have more than one nucleus

Answer 19

Ciliates

Question 20

What group includes photosynthetic unicellular organisms with flagella and contractile vacuoles

Answer 20

Euglenids

Question 21

What group of protists its though to be closely related to animals

Answer 21

Chanoglagellates

Question 22

What is important about Diatoms?

Answer 22

Due to the structure of the cell walls they can withstand pressure equal to the pressure under each leg of a table supporting an elephant

Question 23

green algae is divided into what two groups?

Answer 23

chlorophytes and charophytes

Question 24

What protists were once categorized as fungi due to their multicellular filaments?

Answer 24

Oomycetes

Question 25

The holdfast of brown algae functions in

Answer 25

anchoring the algae

Question 26

What group includes parasitic unicellular organisms specialized in penetrating host cells

Answer 26

Apicomplexans

Question 27

What group includes species that are toxic to humans?

Answer 27

Dinoflagellates

Question 28

What is the name of the protist is responsible for the Irish potato famine?

Answer 28

Phytophthora infestans

Question 29

Which organisms are capable of producing a red tide

Answer 29

Dinoflagellates