Terminology
Phylum What?
Subkingdom Stuff
Potpourri
Looks!
100

Vacuole

What is a membrane-bound "sac" within a cell

100

Organisms whose remains are an abrasive in toothpaste.

What is Phylum Chrysophyta?  (Diatoms)

100

An organism from kingdom protista is autotrophic.  Name its subkingdom.  

What is Algae?

100

Characteristic mode of transportation is flagellum

What is phylum Mastigophora?

100

Describe the characteristic look of an Amoeba. 

What is no standard body shape often found with many pseudopods extending from its body.

200

Symbiosis

What is a close relationship between two or more species where at least one benefits.

200

Subkingdom Algae

What are chlorophyta, chrysophyta, pyrrophyta, phaeophyta and rhodophyta

200

One organism in kingdom protista that is pathogenic.

What is E. histolytica causing dysentery?

What is Trypanosoma causing African Sleeping Sickness?

What is Plasmodium causing Malaria?

200

Three types of symbiosis.

What are mutualism, commensalism, parasitism?

200

Phylum Ciliophora.

What is an oval shaped body with a macronucleus and covered with cilia.

300

Thallus

What is the body of a plant like organism that is not divided into leaves, roots or stems.
300

A necessary component in toothpaste.

What is (algin) phylum Phaeophyta?

300

This organelle in subkingdom Algae is necessary for chlorophyll to be stored.

What are chloroplasts?

300

Name and tell the function of nuclei in Ciliophora.

What are Macronucleus controlling metabolism and Micronucleus controlling reproduction?

300

Phylum Chrysophyta subkingdom Algae.

These colonies use holdfasts resulting often in a chain like look.  Cell walls composed mostly of silicone dioxide.  

400

Ectoplasm

What is the thin, watery cytoplasm near the plasma membrane of some cells?

400

Organisms which contain two nuclei.

What is phylum Ciliophora?

400

Describe the reproduction cycle of phylum Sporozoa.

What is asexual reproduction while the organism is in a favorable environment and spore formation when unfavorable.  In spore form several nuclei form and cytoplasm surrounds until original cell disintegrates.  

400

THe organelle in ciliophora that stores food.

What is the gullet?

400

Mastigophora

What are flagella organisms?

500

Endoplasm

What is the dense cytoplasm found in the interior of  many cells?

500

Contain multicellular organisms.

What are phylum phaeophyta and phylum Rhodophyta?

500

Describe red tides

phylum pyrrophyta have dinoflagellate.  During a bloom they release a toxin poisioning fish.  Shellfish exempt but store toxin allowing consumers of shellfish to be poisoned. 

500

Daily Double:  Discuss what would happen if all diatoms went extinct.

What is diatoms are the worlds greatest producers of Oxygen?  Without diatoms we would likely suffer a lack of oxygen resulting in massive death of living creatures.

500

Pyrrophyta

like a glass ball