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Kingdom Protista Flashcards

1
Q

What is a protist?

A

Everything that is a eukaryote that doesnt fit into the kingdoms of eukaryots

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What are the characteristics of Protists?

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Eukaryotic, Endosymbiotic, Paraphyletic, No cloroplasts

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3
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Which protist is similar to land plants
contains chlorophil, a, b, carotene, and xanophil
Photosynthetic product is starch
Has no cloroplasts

A

Green Algae

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4
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Which subcategory of Green algae is a hollow sphere w/many cells on periphery?

A

Volvox

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5
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Which category of Green algae is a filamentous green algae that is arranged in a spiralling ribbon?
(hint think seaweed)

A

Spirogyra

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6
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What type of green algae is refered to as sea lettuce?

A

ulva

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7
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What type of red algae is used to wrap sushi rolls?

A

porphyra

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8
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What is the study of Algae?

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Phycology

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9
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What is kelp?

A

Brown Algae

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10
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What is Sargassum>

A

Brown algae with air bladders for flotation

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What are diatoms?

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A

Protists with a silicon (glass like) shell, sediment forms the earth

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12
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What type of protist lives in water, which forms growth on fish that will paralyze them and caused Irish potato famine in 1940?

A

Water mold

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13
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What type of Protist causes ‘red tides’ which kill fish?

A

Dinoflagelletes

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14
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What protist causes malaria?

A

Plasmodium

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15
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How is plasmodium transmitted?

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through the Anopheles mosquito

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16
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What are flagellated freshwater unicellular organisms?

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Euglenids

17
Q

What is the protist that causes yeast infections?

A

Trichnomas vaginalis

18
Q

What is an intestinal parasight that that causes severe diarrhea?

A

Giardia lambia

19
Q

What causes African sleeping sickness?

A

Trypanosoma brucei

20
Q

What causes Chagas disease?

A

Trypanosoma cruzi

21
Q

What are protists that move with psuedopods that use phagocytosis to eat?

A

Ameoba

22
Q

What is Amoebic disentenery?

A

Ameobas

23
Q

What forms white cliffs of dover and has compenents in the pyramids?

A

Foraminifera

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