Characteristics #1
Animal-like protists are referred to as _____.
Protozoans
Plant-like protists are referred to as _____.
Algae
What are the three methods of asexual reproduction protozoans can go through?
Binary fission; Budding; Schizogony
Paranecium spp. Have hair-like appendages known as _____ for locomotion.
Cilia
Amoeba spp. uses lobelike _____ to anchor the cell to a solid surface and pull it forward.
Pseudopodia
Fungus-like protists are referred to as _____.
Water Molds
Algae are _____ organisms that can be unicellular or multicellular.
Photosynthetic
The process where the nucleus of a cell divides multiple times before the cell divides into many smaller cells is referred to as _____.
Schizogony
Euglena spp. uses a whip-like structure known as _____ to propel the cell.
Flagellum
Which protozoan contains chloroplasts and is photosynthetic?
Euglena
Protozoa are _____ motile organisms that are always _____.
Non-photosynthetic; Unicellular
Microorganisms that drift or float in water, moved by currents are referred to as _____.
Plankton
What is produced as a result of schizogony?
Merozoites
What is the outer gel layer of protists referred to as?
Within the ectoplasm, what is the fluid region of cytoplasm referred to as?
Endoplasm
_____ are motile and non-photosynthetic.
Zooplankton
_____ are photosynthetic
Phytoplankton
What are the asexual spores referred to as?
Sporozoites
What are the specialized feeding structures of protists referred to as?
Cytosomes
Which specialized structure removes waste through exocytosis?
What are protozoans referred to as during the feeding and growth part of their life cycle?
Trophozoites
The process by which a trophozoite becomes a cyst in order to help them survive adverse conditions and cause infections in a host is referred to as _____.
Encystment
The process where protozoans can produce haploid gametes that fuse together is referred to as _____.
Syngamy
If a protozoan ingests whole food particles through phagocytosis, it is considered to be _____.
Holozoic
If a protozoan ingests small, soluble food molecules, it is considered to be _____.
Saprozoic