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protists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is another name for an "Animal like Protist"? | A protozoan |
| What are the 4 types of protozoans? | A sarcodine, a Ciliate, a Zooflagellate and a sporozoan |
| What is an example of a Sarcodine? | an Ameba |
| What is an example of a Ciliate? | a Paramecium |
| What is an example of a zooflagellate? | a Giardia |
| What is an example of a Sporozoan? | a Plasmodium |
| What are the 3 types of protists? | Animal like (sporozoan), Plant like and fungus like |
| Protists: | are the junk-drawer kingdom & and live in moist surroundings |
| a False foot, enables an Ameba to move around and engulf food | a psudopod |
| What is a structure that collects h2o and spits it out | a contractile vacoule |
| A Ciliate has 2 nuclei. What are they called? | The Macro nucleis and the Micro nucleis |
| What is the Macro nucleus' job? | controls every day tasks |
| What is the Micro nucleus' job? | helps conjucation |
| What is interaction between 2 species where 1 benefits | symbiosis |
| where both partners benefit | mutualism |
| What are the 3 types of Fungus-like protists? | water molds, downy mildews and slime molds |
| Water molds/downy mildews: | Live in wet/damp places, grow as tiny threads. |
| Slime molds: | live in moist soil/decaying plants, many colors. |
| What are the 6 types of Plant-like protists? | Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates, Diatoms, Green, red and brown algae |
| A red tide: | is in salt h2o only, often red, produce toxins |