Flashcards in Protists Deck (18)
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Protist are mostly_______eukaryotic organisms that live in_______enviroments.
unicellular
aquatic
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Colonies
loosely connected groups of cells
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Coenocytes
multinucleate masses of cytoplasm
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Multicellular protist have _____body forms with ___specialized tissues
simple
no
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What are three different ways protist move
pseudopodia
flagela
cilia
some are nonmotile
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Pseudopodia are_____ extensions
cytoplasmic
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Cilia
short, hairlike organelles
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Protist obtain nutrients either_____ or______
autotrophically
hterotrophically
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Plankton
floating organisms that inhabit surface waters and are the base of the food chain in aquatic enviroments
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______protist live in body fluids of host
Parasitic
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_______protist are restricted to damp enviroments
Terrestrial
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Some protist reproduce sexually and asexually while other protist only reproduce______.
assexually
13
What does serial endosymbiosis state?
mitochondria and chloroplast arose from symbiotic relationships between larger cells and smaller prokaryotes
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Ribosomal RNA data "suggest" ancient purple bacteria was _____of micochondria.
ancestors
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Relationships among protist is determined by there________
ultrastructure
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What are the 8 clades of the monophyletic groups?
excovates
discicristates
Alveolates
Heterokonts
plants
Cercozoa
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonts
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Zooflagellates are mostly unicellular______
heterotrophs
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