Subkingdom Protozoa
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What is an amoeba?
Another name for "seaweed" within the phylum Phaeophyta.
What is kelp?
a "false foot" used for movement and engulfing food
a light-sensitive region in certain protozoans
Members of this phylum are responsible for red tides.
What is Pyrrophyta?
An organism which causes malaria.
What is Plasmodium? (Sporozoa)
A substance extracted from brown algae and used to make a thickening agent in many foods.
What is algin?
Numerous short extensions of the plasma membrane use for locomotion.
What is cilia?
dense cytoplasm found in the interior of many cells
What is endoplasm?
This phylum uses pseudopods as their means of locomotion.
What is Sarcodina?
A close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits.
What is symbiosis?
Daily Double!
Tiny floating photosynthetic organisms, primarily algae.
What is phytoplankton?
What is a flagellate?
The amoeba uses this to regulate water in the cell.
What is the contractile vacuole?
This phylum contains multi-celled organisms.
What is Rhodophyta? (Or What is Phaeophyta?)
The genus of Mastiogophorites, which causes African Sleeping Sickness.
The body of a plant-like organism that is not divided into leaves, roots, or stems
What is a Thallus?
Organisms of the Phylum Ciliophora use this as a means of locomotion.
What is cilia?
A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating.
What is a spore?
This phylum has silicon dioxide for their cell wall
What is phylum Chrysophyta?
A typical sporozoan which causes severe birth defects in human children.
What is Toxoplasma?
A substance made of sugars that is common in the cell walls of many organisms.
What is cellulose?
What is Volvox?
What is a pellicle?
Members of this phylum are collectively referred to as diatoms.
What is phylum Chrysophyta?