Animal-like protists are often called...
Protozoans
Autotrophic
What does Euglena use to detect the light?
Eyepspot
Fungus-like protists are often called...
Molds
Nori is an example of
Red algae/ Rhodophyta
How do protozoans reproduce?
Binary fission
(form cysts if conditions change)
Protists that have hard, armour-like cell walls & two flagella
Dinoflagellates/Pyrrophyta
Why are the protists in phylum Chlorophyta green?
Because of chlorophyll! The green substance!
What is a fruiting body?
Reproductive structures that produce spores.
What is the cause of malaria?
Plasmodium Vivax
The feeding structure of Paramecium - where the food particles are trapped - is called
Oral groove/gullet
What is the algal bloom?
A rapid increase in the population of algae and cause a thick mat of green scum.
Use contractile proteins in the cytoplasm to move in worm-like euglenoid movement.
What does Acrasiomycota (cellular slime molds) release when stressed (lack of food)?
Cyclic AMP
What do zooplankton consume?
Phytoplankton
Vector of sleeping sickness
Tsetse fly
Structural type of Chlamydomonas
Unicellular
Red algae contain a pigment called
Phycobilin
During the feeding stage, what does Myxomycota exist as? (Bonus +50 - if you can explain what that is).
Plasmodium - non-cellular, multi-nucleated masses)
What does Entamoeba histolytica, the protist parasite cause?
Amoebic dysentery
How do Trichonympha and termites maintain their symbiotic relationship?
Trichonympha lives in termites' digestive tracts and they help termites digest cellulose in wood, making the nutrients available to them.
What do algae use to maximize their exposure to light?
Blades
Why do some cells of Volvox leave the colony?
For sexual reproduction.
What is a slug? How are they formed?
Multi-cellular mass that is formed by cells aggregating together. (Acrasiomycota)
Where in the waterbody do we find the phytoplankton?
Upper sunlight layer or euphotic layer