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module 3 biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thallus | body of a plant-like organism that is not divided into leaves, roots, or stems |
| symbiosis | close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits |
| vacuole | a membrane-bounded "sac" within cell |
| If an organism from kingdom Protista is heterotrophic, what subkingdom is it most likely in | most likely Protozoa...subkingdom algae holds autotrophic organisms |
| what phylum produces organisms whose remains are used as an abrasive in toothpaste? what is the generic name given to these organisms | these organisms come from phylum Chrysophyta and are commonly diatoms |
| algae that has a chemical used thickening agent many products...what chemical is this and what phylum does this algae belong | the chemical is alginic acide it comes from members of phylum Phaeophyta |
| phylum that contains organisms that have two nuclei? what are they called and function they have | members of phylum Ciliophora have two nuclei, the MACRONUCLEUS and the MICRONUCLEUS. the MACRONUCLEUS controls the metabolism..the MICRONUCLEUS controls reproduction |
| Name one organism in kingdom Protista that is pathogenic and the malady that this organism causes | ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA causes dysentery TRYPANOSOMA causes African sleeping sickness BALANTIDIUM COLI causes dysentery PLASMODIUM cause malaria TOXOPLASMA causes toxoplasmosis |
| If all diatoms were to suddenly go extinct, what would happen to the earth's atmosphere | be no oxygen supply atmosphere would dwindle away... diatoms perform a large amount of the photosynthesis which replaces the oxygen that most organisms use |
| an organism forms hard shell around itself when life-threatening conditions.. If they hadn't occurred it never would have behaved that way.. is this phylum from SPOROZOA? why why not? | not from phylum Sporozoa, members of this phylum form spores part of their natural life cycle.. threatening conditions does not influence the production of spores in this phylum |
| two samples of cytoplasm from an amoeba are studied.. first thin and watery, second thick.. which sample taken near plasma membrane, which from center of amoeba? | first taken near plasma membrane the ectoplasm is thin and watery and near the plasma membrane..second near center of the amoeba the endoplasm is thicker nearer to center of the amoeba |
| organism from phylum Mastigophora cant move.. what organelle not functioning? | members of phylum Mastigophora use flagella to move, the flagellum must not be working |
| organism from phylum Ciliophora has no placed store food once intakes the food. what organelle is missing | missing a FOOD VACUOLE, as that is where food is stored.. |
| if organism subkingdom Algae has chlorophyll, what organelle must it also have? | It must have a chloroplast which to store the chlorophyll |
| kingdom PROTISTA is mostly known for single-cell...there are 2 phyla that contain multicellular organisms. what phyla are they? | multicellular algae are mostly found in phylum PHAEOPHYTA and RHODOPHYTA |
| hairy outside(cilia) and two nuclei..also large compared to others makes it part of subkingdom PROTOZOA, PHYLUM CILIOPHORA | A |
| the undefined shape...extensions are pseudopods..makes it part SUBKINGDOM PROTOZOA, PHYLUM SARCODINA | B |
| its green almost enough to place in subkingdom ALGAE, PHYLUM CHLOROPHYTA | C |