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Kingdom Protista
Phylums of the Kingdom Protista
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are protists | Eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi. |
| Give some characteristics of Protists. | Have membrane bound nucleous, cytoplasm, multiple chromosomes consisting of linear DNA, molecules are compactly arrange with proteins, and thier lifecycle involve, mitosis, meiosis, and sex. |
| The kingdom Protista is the most ____________ kingdom. | Diverse |
| Explain the Endosymbiont Hypothesis. | Bacteria moved in and becoame endosymbiotic within larger bacteria cells = origin of protists. |
| Animal Like Protists | Protozoa. |
| Zooflagellates. | Phylum Zoomastigina. |
| Describe the phylum Zoomastigina. | Lack mitochondria, have multiple flagella, have two separate nuclei, and a simple cytoskeleton. |
| Trichonympha, Leishmania donovani, Trichnomonas vaginalis, Giardia, and Triponosoma are organisms of what phylum. | Zoomatigna. |
| Sarcodines. | Phylum Sarcodina. |
| Describe the phylum Sarcodina. | have pseudopodia for feeding and movement. |
| Amoebas, Farominiferans,a dn Actinopods are organisms of what phylum? | Phylum Sarcodina. |
| Ciliatetes. | Phylum Ciliophora. |
| Describe the phylum Ciliophora. | Most complex of any single cell, have cilia on surface, are solitary, live in both fresh and salt water, have two types of nuclei, and reproduce by conjuction. |
| Paremecium and Stentor are organisms of what phylum. | Phylum Ciliophora. |
| Sporozoans. | Phylum Sporozoa. |
| Describe the phylum Sporozoa | Parasites, complex life cycles, reproduce via sporozoites that have an apical complex for penetration, and some cause disease. |
| Plasmodium a member of the phylum ____________ causes ___________________. | Sporozoa; Malaria. |