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AB Ch 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protists | |
| Characteristics | mostly unicellular, eukaryotes(nucleus) |
| Chloroplasts | Capture energy from sun |
| Photosynthesis | make their own food |
| Multiple Fission | asexual, more than 2 offspring from one parent |
| Binary Fission | asexual, 2 offspring from one parent |
| Classification | by shared traits |
| Mycorrhiza | relationship between a plant and fungus |
| Lichen | fungus and algae |
| Fungi | eukaryote, heterotroph, rigid cell walls |
| Molds | shapeless fuzzy |
| Sac fungi | largest group |
| Protist producers | |
| Examples | green algae, phytoplankton, brown algae |
| Food | make their own |
| Mycelium | twisted mass of hyphae |
| Spores | spread easily by the wind |
| Mutualism | fungus living in plant roots |
| Amoeba | |
| Pseudopodia | used for moving and eating |
| Asexual reproduction | one parent |
| Algae | |
| Live | in water |
| Contain chlorophyll | green pigment |
| Protozoans | mobile protists |
| Sporangia | spore cases |
| Dinoflagellates | can move |
| Euglenoids | move |
| Zooflagellates | use flagella, live in water or parasites, protozoans |
| Autotroph/Heterotroph | produce own food/ can not make own food, eat yeasts |
| Host | organism invaded by parasite |
| Decomposers | break down dead or decaying matter |
| Phytoplankton | need microscope to see, make their own food, free floating |
| Diatoms | glasslike shells |
| Foraminiferans | snail like shells |
| Cilia | tiny hairlike structures, ciliates |
| Flagella | whiplike strands for movement |
| Parasite | an organism that invades another |
| Why not eat wild mushrooms | some are poisonous |
| Amoeba | like protozoans |