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Friendly Bio. Ch 19
Vocabulary Terminology for Chapter 19 in Friendly Biology
Question or Term | Answer or Definition |
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Kingdom Protista | Are unicellular organisms that are made up of only one cell. |
Eukaryotic | Means they have membrane bound organelles and are members of Kingdom Protista |
Three main groups of Kingdom Protista which contain several phyla are | 1. Animal-like 2. Plant-like 3. Fungal-like |
Locomotion | Is how the animal-like protists are grouped. |
Pseudopodia | Are the false-foot like appendages of Phylum Sarcodina |
Cilia | Are the hair-like projections found in the Phylum Cililphora. |
Phylum Zoomastigina | Members move about through the use of a flagellum. |
Flagellum | Is a tail-like structure capable of propelling the organism through the water. |
Phylum Sporozoa | Members are animal-like yet don’t move about and include the malarial and toxoplasma organisms. |
Fungal-like protists | Include slime molds which move about on the forest floor eating up dead leaves. |
Oomycota phylum | Member caused the devastating potato famine of the 1800’s. |
Plant-like protists | Include various phyla of algae. |
Pigment and glucose | Are used to categorize the plant-like protists, Algae. |
Chlorophyta | Are the green algae. |
Rhodophyta | Are the red algae |
Phaophyta | Are the brown algae. |
Chrysophyta | Are the golden brown algae. |
Pyrrophyta | Have the ability to produce light through a process known as bioluminescence. |