Protists Flashcards
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Protist are mostly_______eukaryotic organisms that live in_______enviroments.
unicellular
aquatic
Colonies
loosely connected groups of cells
Coenocytes
multinucleate masses of cytoplasm
Multicellular protist have _____body forms with ___specialized tissues
simple
no
What are three different ways protist move
pseudopodia
flagela
cilia
some are nonmotile
Pseudopodia are_____ extensions
cytoplasmic
Cilia
short, hairlike organelles
Protist obtain nutrients either_____ or______
autotrophically
hterotrophically
Plankton
floating organisms that inhabit surface waters and are the base of the food chain in aquatic enviroments
______protist live in body fluids of host
Parasitic
_______protist are restricted to damp enviroments
Terrestrial
Some protist reproduce sexually and asexually while other protist only reproduce______.
assexually
What does serial endosymbiosis state?
mitochondria and chloroplast arose from symbiotic relationships between larger cells and smaller prokaryotes
Ribosomal RNA data “suggest” ancient purple bacteria was _____of micochondria.
ancestors
Relationships among protist is determined by there________
ultrastructure
What are the 8 clades of the monophyletic groups?
excovates discicristates Alveolates Heterokonts plants Cercozoa Amoebozoa Opisthokonts
Zooflagellates are mostly unicellular______
heterotrophs
How do zooflagellates move?
flagella
