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Plasmodium
What protozoan is malaria caused by?
Protozoans and chromists
What does the term "protists" refer to?
Heterotrophic
What are most protozoans?
Spores
What are protozoan reproductive cells called that have thick, protective cell walls?
Paramecia
What is NOT a chromist?
Chromists
What type of organism is less likely to have cilia or flagella and lack specialized structures found in protozoans?
Warm water, oxygen, nutrients, and sunshine.
What is necessary for an algal bloom to occur?
Chitin
What are fungal cell walls made of?
Decomposers and Pathogens
What role do fungi play in the environment?
Binary fission.
How do paramecia reproduce?
Basidiomycota
What phylum include mushrooms and toadstools and they produce fruiting bodies that may have stipes, caps, and gills?
Zygomycota
What phylum includes bread molds and the hyphae fuse to form a zygosporangium?
Ascomycota
What fungi is known as sac fungi and includes the mold Penicillium?
Contractile vacuole
How do protozoans expel excess water to maintain homeostasis?
Conjugation
How is genetic information exchanged through a plasma bridge in sporozoans?
Phytoplankton
What is algae, diatoms, and other chromists that DRIFT along in currents and are an important part of aquatic food webs?
Fruiting body
What is the most visible and recognizable part of a fungus?
Rusts or Smuts
What are some common fungal infections that occur in plants?
Ringworm or Athletes foot
What are some common fungal infections that show up in humans?
Autotrophs
What are most chromists classified as in how they produce their "food"?