Animal-Like
The name for protists that resemble animal cells
Protozoa
Oomycetes are protists also known as
water molds
The ancestor to modern day land plants
green algae
Protists that make food using sunlight
photoautotrophs
True or False: green algae are only found in fresh water
False
This protist from the Supergroup Excavata have flagella, cause diarrhea, and are endosymbiotic to animals
Giardia lamblia
Slime molds feed on
dead plant material
These protists contain a silica shell and make up the majority of plankton
diatoms
Molds use the process of extracellular chemical digestion and are called
saprophytic (saprophytes)
The shells of these protists formed the White Cliffs of Dover
Foraminiferans
This member of the supergroup Amoebazoa causes dysentery
These protists can feed on dead/dying animals and insects
water molds
Giant ocean kelp belongs to which protist category/classification
Chromalevolata / stramenopiles / brown algae
Protists that can do both photosynthesis and eat other organisms for food are called
mixotrophs
Some chloroplasts have 3 membranes, which indicates what process happened?
secondary endosymbiosis
The protist structure that can be called "fake feet"
pseudopods
This type of mold can form sporgangia and spores
cellular slime mold
Name one of the two things that red algae are known for that are used by humans
agar / carageenan
A paramecium is an example of what type of protist?
chromalvelolata / alveolates / cilliates
These alveolates can cause red tides and have two flagella
Dinoflagellates
This protist has a cell structure that is also found inside marine sponges
choanoflagellates
Which protist was the cause of a potato famine in Ireland?
water mold
This protist has ribbon-like spiral chloroplasts
Spirogyra
Which member of the supergroup excavata causes an STD only foudn in females?
Trichomonas vaginalis (parasabalid)
The parasitic kinetoplastid that causes African Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei