General Characteristics
Are they Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic
Do protists produce mainly sexually or asexually?
asexually
Are protists autotroph, heterotroph, or both?
Both
What number was the protist kingdom named in?
(1,2,3,4,5,6)?
3rd
What type of environment do protists usually live in?
Water/moist environments
The protist endangerment can lead to the collapse of the ___ food chain
ocean/aquatic
When did the first protist originate (how long ago)?
1.7 billion years ago
Protists usually produce what element?
Name the three methods of asexual reproduction in protists.
Binary fission, multiple fission & budding.
What are the three general modes of obtaining nutrition by protists?
Ingestive, absorptive, & photosynthetic
What other kingdoms evolved from protists?
Plantae, animalia & fungi
Protists are responsible for what % range of our oxygen?
30-50%
In conjugation, what does the donor use to contact the recipient?
A pilus
How do fungus-like protists get their energy?
By decomposing decaying matter
When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it forms what substance that lowers the pH balance?
Carbonic acid
What is the theory that protists evolved from called?
Endosymbiosis
phytoplankton