kingdom Protista

Question 1

what kind of cells are in kingdom Protista

Answer 1

eukaryotic

Question 2

animal like protists

Answer 2

protozoa

Question 3

plant like protists

Answer 3

algae and seaweeds

Question 4

fungus like protists

Answer 4

slime and water molds

Question 5

are animal like protists heterotrophic or autotrophic

Answer 5

heterotrophic

Question 6

plasmodium is the genus of an organism that causes this disease

Answer 6

malaria

Question 7

by what means does a paramecium move

Answer 7

cilia

Question 8

would a plant be eukaryotic or prokaryotic in cellular stage

Answer 8

eukaryotic

Question 9

are any of the fungi unicellular

Answer 9

yes except for yeast

Question 10

are any plants unicellular

Answer 10

no

Question 11

two chemical characteristics that differentiate the algae

Answer 11

color and starch

Question 12

single cell algae that have a cell wall made of silica

Answer 12

diatoms

Question 13

which group of algae are thought to have been the ancestors of modern plants

Answer 13

green algae (chlorophyta)

Question 14

fungi like protists that are amoeba like and flagellated cellular stages

Answer 14

slime and water molds

Question 15

what is the function of a contractile vacuole

Answer 15

pump out water in a process known as osmoregulation

Question 16

coma inducting, brain is affected, typically needs a vector such as a tse the fly

Answer 16

trypanosoma (African sleeping sickness)

Question 17

extremely high fevers, chills, parasites in mosquito salivary glands, completely treatable now

Answer 17

plasmodium (malaria)

Question 18

two flagella, autotrophs, photophtic (can sense and move toward light), fish eat it, then bigger fish eat it, then people eat the fish

Answer 18

dinoflagellates (red tides)