Kingdom Prostia Flashcards
(20 cards)
Dysentary
can be caused by drinking water containing ameobas
Autotroph
able to make your own food.
Plasmodium
causes malaria.
Trypanosomes
parasitic zooflagellate that causes severe disease in human beings and domestic animals, including a
condition called sleeping sickness.
Eyespot
euglena use this to detect light
Flagella
tail-like structure that functions in movement
Pseudopodia
used for ameoba movement, name means “false foot”.
Cilia
structures that help a paramecium move.
Binary fission
splitting of a parent cell into two daughter cells, serves as an asexual form of
reproduction.
Protozoans
animal-like protists
Plankton
freshwater and marine organisms that are suspended on or near the surface of the water
Cysts
the resting stage that contains reproductive bodies or embryos.
Blade
the broad, expanded portion of an algae that resembles a plant leaf
SPOROZOANS
Spore-forming protist that has no means of locomotion and is typically a parasite with a complex life cycle
having both sexual and asexual phases.
Diatom
golden-brown algae with a cell wall in two parts, or valves; significant part of the phytoplankton.
Unicellular
organisms that have only one cell.
Red
marine photosynthetic protists with a noticable abundance of phycobilin pigments;
include coralline algaes of coral reefs.
Euglenoids
/flagellated and flexible freshwater unicellular protist that usually contains chloroplasts, an eyespot, and
has a semirigid cell wall
Pellicle
stiff outer membrane of euglena or paramecium
Contractile
structure that removes excess water, ___ vacuole.
