Diseases
Trypanosoma Protozoa is also known as...?
Chagas disease.
Chagas disease is named after?
Doctor Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and bacteriologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
What Kingdom did we choose for this project?
Protista
What makes Kelp different from other Protists?
Kelps (brown algae) are the only multicellular protists.
Plasmodium Protozoa parasites infect the host’s red blood cells, causing symptoms such as..?
fever, joint pain, anemia, and fatigue.
What are Planktonic Protists?
Planktonic protists are the main components of the microplankton community and play an important role in the functioning of microbial food webs.
Protists belong to what domain?
Protista belongs to the Eukaryote Domain.
Like all other Eukaryotic cells, protists have a nucleus that contains their genetic material. Some protists cells will instead have many...?
Nuclei
Plasmodium Protozoa better known as Malaria is found in what type of climate?
Tropical climates
Large species of Amoeba closely related to another genus of amoeba is called?
Chaos.
Protists may have animal-like cell membrane, plant-like cell wall, or may be covered by a?
Pellicle
Cysts and ________are prominent phases of some protozoa’ life cycles.
Trophozoites
The vast majority of Protists live in what environments?
aquatic, environments such as freshwater and marine environments, damp soil, and even snow.
Physarum polycephalum is also known as what?
The Blob.
The majority of protists are autotrophs but some are?
heterotrophs
The cysts of some protozoa can survive harsh conditions, such as...?
Exposure to extreme temperature or harmful chemicals, or long periods of time without nutrients or oxygen.
What disease caused by Mosquito vectors kills millions every year and is preventable through the use of vaccines?
Malaria
Sleeping sickness is also known as what?
Trypanosoma
Protists were the first kingdom to evolve in the Eukaryotic Domain from single celled prokaryotes how many years ago?
About 1.2 Billion years ago.
Protozoa attach themselves to what digestive organ?