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mmf Q3 protists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protist belong to what kingdom? | kingdom protista |
| are protists eukaryotic or prokaryotic? | eukaryotic |
| are they multicellular, unicellular, or both? | both, but mainly unicellular |
| are they autotrophs, heterotrophs, or both? | both |
| what is kingdom protista known as? | the junk drawer kingdom |
| what are the 3 categories? | fungi-like, plant-like, and animal-like |
| what are the characteristics of plantlike protists? | they're autotrophs,unicellular, and can live in colonies or populations |
| what are the 4 groups of plantlike protists? | euglenoids, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and algae |
| what are the characteristics of euglenoids? | heterotrophs and autotrophs, some have flagellum, unicellular, and live in fresh water |
| what are the characteristics of dinoflagellates? | unicellular, covered with stiff armor like plates, have 2 flagella, can glow in the dark, found in ocean, cause poisonous red tide when they overpopulate |
| what are the characteristics of diatoms? | unicellular, have glasslike cell walls, used in toothpaste and polishing/scouring products |
| what are the characteristics of animal-like protists? | heterotrophs, all unicellular |
| whats another name for animal like protists? | protozoans |
| how are animal like protists classified? | by how they move |
| what are the 4 groups of animal like protists | zooflagellates, ciliates, sarcodines, and sporozoans |
| characteristics of pseudopods? | move by extending they're cytoplasm protections and pulling forward. they use their pseudopods to engulf food. they're temporary and can have multiple ones at a time |
| what group is pseudopods in? | sarcodines |
| characteristics of protists with cilia? | have hairlike structures called cilia that they move with. a different type of cilia in the oral groove gets food |
| what group are protists with cilia in? | ciliates |
| characteristics of protists with flagella? | have whiplike structures to move with called flagellum. have 1-8 of them |
| what group are protist with flagella in? | zooflagellates |
| characteristics of the sporozoan group? | they don;t move, carried by host's fluids. spores transfer on contact to other hosts through fuild |
| characteristics of fungus like protists? | heterotrophs, have cell wall, decomposers, and let out spores |
| characteristics of slime molds? | live in moist soil, decaying/dead stuff. move with pseudopods, colorful, feeds on bacteria and microorganisms |