unit 2 test Flashcards
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define protist
Has a nucleus and is eukaryotic
Are they multicellular or unicellular?
Most are unicellular
where do they live?
in a aquatic environment
How are protists classified?
Based on how they obtain food and nutrients
autotrophobic
Makes their own food
how are plant like protists classified?
 Autotrophic
I heterotrophic
Find and get their own food
how are animal like protists classified?
Heterotroph
Decomposer
Breaks down food into material
how are funguslike protists classified?
Decomposer
What are animal like protists called?
Protozoans
How are protozoans classified?
By how they move
what are the four types of protozoans?
Flagellate, ciliate, pseudopodia, sporozoan
how do you flagellate protozoans move?
Flagella’s
How many flagella’s do flageolet protozoans have?
1 to 10
Where do flagellate protozoans live?
In aquatic environments
How does ciliate protozoans move and feed?
Celia’s all around the cell
Where do ciliate protozoans live?
Aquatic environments
What is the most complex protozoan?
Paramecium
how do pseudopodia protozoans move
Through pseudopods
what does amoeba mean?
Changing shapes
how do you pseudopodia protozoans move?
The cytoplasm pushes, I am changes the shape of amoebas to create new arms and feet that engulf the food
what two diseases does amoeba cause
Dysentery and brain eating
How do you sporozoan protozoans move?
They can’t move unless they are in a vector