Protozoa
Identify the organism
Vocab
Algae
Misc
100
Are most protozoa autotrophic or heterotrophic?
heterotrophic
100
Kingdom: Protista; Subkingdom:protozoa; Phylum: Sarcodina; amoeba
100
Referred to as "false feet", found in amoeba
pseudopods
100
The nickname given to subkingdom algae.
"grass of the water"
100
A vacuole used to squeeze water out of the organism so it doesn't explode?
contractile vacuole
200
Do most Protozoa live in colonies or on their own as individual cells.
As individual cells
200
I will take "coral weed" or phylum Rhodophyta
200
a red, light-sensitive region in certain protozoa, like the euglena.
eyespot
200
These 2 phyla of algae are multicellular.
Rhodophyta and phaeophyta
200
If algae has a holdfast, would you expect to find it under the water or on top of the water?
on the bottom
300
Organisms in this kingdom are separated into phyla based on what?
How they move
300
Phylum Mastigophora
"Euglena"
300
A firm, flexible coating outside the plasma membrane.
pellicle
300
This phylum of green algae has algin in its cell wall?
Phylum Phaeophyta
300
What protozoan can be both a heterotroph and an autotroph?
Euglena
400
State the 4 phyla in protozoa:
Ciliophora, Mastigophora, Sporozoa, Ciliophora
400
Kingdom:Protista, Subkingdom: algae, Phylum:Pyrrophyta, "dinoflagellate"
400
Tiny floating photosynthetic organisms, primarily algae.
phytoplankton
400
This phylum found in algae contains the diatoms that have silicon dioxide in their cell walls.
Phylum Chrysophyta
400
By what means of locomotion does a paramecium use in order to move?
Paramecium
500
All of these organisms found in this phyla are parasitic.
Phyla Sporozoa
500
Genus: Plasmodium
Phylum: Sporozoa
Subkingdom: protozoa
Kingdom: Protists
500
Deposits of fossilized algae that accumulate due to the silicon in the cell walls staying after the algae itself has died.
diatmaceous earth
500
This phylum of algae has cellulose in its cell wall.
Phylum Chlorophyta
500
What protozoan has more than one nucleus?
Bonus: what are they both used for?
Paramecium
macronucleus to control metabolism
micronucleus to control reproduction