Exam 2 Flashcards
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What is in the SAR clade?
Stramenopiles (Diatoms, golden algae, brown algae
alveolates ( Dinoflagellates, apicomplexans, ciliates)
Rhizarians (forarms, cercozoans, radiolarians)
What are in Excavata
diplomonads
parabasalids
Euglenozoans
What are in Archaeplastida?
Red algae
chlorophytes
charophytes
land plants
what are in unikonta?
Ameobozoans ( slime moulds, tubulinids, entamoebas)
opisthokonts ( nucleariids, fungi, animals, choanflagellates)
What are protists characteristics?
-extremely diverse
-mostly unicellular
-some colonial
some multicellular
How are protists like plants?
photosynthetic,
sessile
How are protists fungus- like?
-heterotrophic (absorption)
-relatively sessile
How are protists animal like?
-heterotrophic (ingestion)
-motile
what are protists habits?
-aquatic (marine and freshwater)
-moist terrestrial
-parasitic
reproduction in eukaryotes
-one of four conditions that define “life”
-most eukaryotes reproduce sexually
-some also reproduce asexually through binary fission, budding, fragmentation
-in most cases of sexual reproduction, haploid gametes are formed via meiosis (gametic)
-return to the diploid state via syngamy (fusion)
structural and functional diversity is greater in_____ then any other group
protists
protists may be -
unicellular, multicellular, or colonial
what is mixotrophy?
the combination of photoautotrophy and heterotropy
What is heterotropy?
getting its food from other plants or animals, or relating to such living things
What is photoautotrophy?
organisms that carry out photosynthesis
Protists acquire their energy through processes of -
photoautotrophy
heterotropy
mixotrophy
Syngamy
The fusion of the male and female gametes during fertilization
Supergroup Excavata: euglenozoans
-can be photosynthetic or heterotrophic
-unique flagella used for locomotion
-have chlorophyll a and b
-no cell wall composed of cellulose
-freshwater euglena are mixtotrophic
-store energy as a carbohydrate called paramylon
What super group is euglenozoans (euglena) from?
Excavata
How do euglenids differ from green algae?
they do not have a cell wall composed of cellulose
What super group are alveolates from?
The SAR clade
What are (ciliates) stentors?
- a grey-green ciliate that possesses minute hair-like structures called cilia in rows along the oral groove
-they feed on other microscopic organisms by sweeping food into the oral groove and enveloping it in a food vacuole for absorption
alveolates: dinoflagellates
-predominantly marine, single celled organisms
-many have photosynthrtic pigments, a few are are mixotropic
-other nonpigmented species are heterotrophic or parasitic
stramenopiles: Diatoms
-unicellular photosynthetic algae
-major part of plankton in marine and freshwater habitats where they are transported by currents and turbulence
-cell wall have 2 valves made of silica
-shape is normally described as centric or pennate
-has 2 views, valve, and girdle