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Animal - like Protists
Plant - Like Protists
Fungus - Like Protists
Protist reproduction
Protist Importance
100

another name for animal like protists

What is a protozoan?

100
another name for plant - like protists
What is algae?
100

way that fungus-like protists obtain food

What is they are heterotrophs? What is they are decomposers?

100
Protists USUALLY reproduce by two asexual methods. Name one.
What is mitosis or regeneration?
100
protist added to toothpaste to give it a gritty texture and to road paint to make road lines sparkle
What is diatoms?
200

method used to classify animal-like protists

What is by the way they move?

200
a group of plant-like protists that mostly live in saltwater & possess 2 flagella
What is a dinoflagelate?
200
habitat of fungus-like protists
What is moist or wet environment?
200

location of DNA in protists

What is the nucleus?

200
kind of animal-like protist that helps termites digest wood
What is a flagellate -- a type of an animal-like protist?
300
the way that an amoeba moves
What is by using a pseudopod (false foot)?
300
the kind of seaweed that is found in the deepest ocean water
What is Red Algae?
300
the way that all fungus-like protists move
What is using pseudopods?
300
the manner in which fungus-like protists reproduce
What is using spores?
300
substance from brown algae that is used to thicken marshmallows
What is algin?
400

name one of two functions of specialized vacuoles in animal like protists

What is digestion and getting rid of excess water?

400
plant-like protist that secrete a glass-like box around themselves and are a golden brown color
What is a diatom?
400
place of a fungus-like protist's food source in relation to the protist
What is the protist lives/grows over it's food source?
400
an organism -- not always a protist--that takes advantage of its host and often uses the host to reproduce
What is parasite?
400
the way that Plasmodium protists (they cause malaria) move
What is -- they are sessile (do not move).
500

name one disease caused by flagellated, animal like protists

What is dysentery, malaria, giardia or African sleeping sickness

500
a unicellular, plant-like protist which also has animal like characteristics and has an eyespot.
What is a Euglena?
500
the kind of fungus like protist that caused the Irish Potato Blight in the 1840's that caused millions of Irish citizens to emigrate to the US.
What is a downey mildew?
500
Water molds & downy mildews produce spores which have a special structure to allow the spores to move in their wet environment. What is that structure?
What is a flagella?
500
substance in the cell walls of red algae (Irish Moss) that is used in the food and cosmetics to give toothpaste, pudding, salad dressings, mayonnaise, & ice cream their smooth, creamy textures
What is carageenan?