Protists

Question 1

whats a protist

Answer 1

eukaryotes that dont fit into other kingdoms

Question 2

three nutritional types of protists

Answer 2

photoautotrophs, heterotrophs, mixotrophs

Question 3

what is endosymbiosis

Answer 3

when one organism lives inside another

Question 4

how many supergroups of protists are there

Answer 4

5

Question 5

name the 5 supergroups of protists

Answer 5

excavata, chromalveolata, rhizaria, archaeplastida, amoebozoa

Question 6

whats special about excavata

Answer 6

they have modified mitochondria and flagella

Question 7

whats special about chromalveolata

Answer 7

has dinoflagellates, ciliates and malaria-causing plasmodium

Question 8

whats special about rhizaria

Answer 8

amoebas with thin pseudopodia. many with shells

Question 9

whats special about archaeplastida

Answer 9

red and green algae. ancestors of land plants

Question 10

whats special about amoebozoa

Answer 10

slime molds and amoebas

Question 11

whats classed as a amoeba?

Answer 11

any protist that moves with pseudopodia

Question 12

how do fungi get nutrients

Answer 12

secrete enzymes to break down food

Question 13

whats an autotroph?

Answer 13

an organism that makes food from an inorganic source

Question 14

whats a photoautotroph

Answer 14

using sunlight to make food

Question 15

whats a plastid

Answer 15

a membrane bound organelle that carries out a metabolic function

Question 16

whats a dinoflagellate

Answer 16

protist that has two flagella

Question 17

whats a stramenoplies

Answer 17

protist with hairy and smooth flagella

Question 18

whats a alveolate

Answer 18

protist with membrane sacks under their cell membrane