Excavata
What are the three clades within the Excavata supergroup?
Diplomonads, Parabasalids, Euglenozoan
What are the three clades within the SAR supergroup?
Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizarians
What are the three clades within the Archaeplastida supergroup?
Red algae, green algae, land plants
What are the two clades within the Unikonta supergroup?
Amoebozoans, Opisthokonts
Explain the endosymbiotic theory.
Endosymbiosis is a relationship between two species in which one organism lives inside the cell or cells of another organism (the host)
Modified mitochondria OR spiral or crystalline rod inside flagella
What is a key morphological characteristic in the SAR supergroup?
Hairy and smooth flagella OR Membrane-enclosed sacs (alveoli) beneath plasma membrane OR Amoebas with threadlike pseudopodia
What is a key morphological characteristic in the Archaeplastida supergroup?
Phycoerythrin (photosynthetic pigment) OR plant-type chloroplasts
What is a key morphological characteristic in the Unikonta supergroup?
Amoebas with lobe-shaped or tube-shaped pseudopodia
What are the fundamental difference between protozoa and algae?
Protozoa are heterotrophis whereas algae are photosynthetic.
What types of modes of nutrition are within the Excavate supergroup?
Predatory heterotrophs/Photosynthetic autotrophs/Mixotrophs/Parasites
What is the main type of mode of nutrition within the Stramenopiles?
Photosynthesis
What are the two main groups of green algae?
Chlorophytes and charophytes
Fungi, they're similar because of convergent evolution.
Photoautotrophs, heterotrophs, mixotrophs
What is a specific example organism within the Excavata supergroup and how does it affect humans?
One possible answer: Trypanosoma, it causes sleeping sickness in humans.
What is a specific example organism within the SAR supergroup and how does it affect humans?
One possible answer: Diatoms, they effect global carbon dioxide levels during 'blooms'
What is a specific example organism within the Archaeplastida supergroup and how does it affect humans?
One possible answer: Porphyra, it's Japanese 'nori' and we can eat it!
What is a specific example organism within the Unikonta supergroup and how does it affect humans?
One possible answer: Dictyostelium discoideum, a cellular slime mold, is used as an experimental model for studying the evolution of multicellularity.
Charades! Act out the movement of a flagella.
Was it good enough, idk, you decide.