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| Protist belong to what domain? |
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| Most Protists are ___cellular. |
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| unicellular. However, some are colonial or multicellular. |
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| are protists eukaryotic or prokaryotic? |
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| single-celled eukaryotic. |
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| the process in which certain unicellular organisms engulf other cells, which become endosymbionts and ultimately organelles in the host cell. |
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| Diplomonads and parabasalids lack _______. |
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| Diplomonads have two equal-sized ______ and multiple ________. |
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| Diplomonads and parabasalids are adapted to ________ enviroments. |
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| Diplomonads and parabasalids have mitochondria that lack _________. |
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| Parabasalids move by means of ______ and an undulating part of the plasma membrane |
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| Parabasalids have reduced _______ and are thus partially anaerobic. |
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| is a diverse clade or protists that includes predatory heterotrophs, photosynthetic autotrophs, and pathogenic parasites. |
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| The main feature distinguishing Euglenozoans as a clade is a ____ or _____ rod of unknown function inside their ______. |
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spiral or crystalline.
flagella. |
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| Protists that include free-living consumers of bacteria in freshwater, marine, and moist terrestrial ecosystems |
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| Euglenids have one or two _______ that emerge from a pocket at one end of the cell. |
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| Many species of the euglenid are Mixotrophs, which means? |
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| In sunlight they are autotrophs, but when sunlight is unavailable, they can become heterotrphic, absorbing organic nutrients from their environment. |
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| Alveolates have ________ just under the plasma membrane |
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| membrane-bounded sacs (alveoli). |
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| Dinoflagellates are characterized by cells that are reinforced by ________ _________. |
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| Dinoflagellates are abundant components of both marine and freshwater ________. |
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| Dinoflagellate blooms sometimes cause a phenomenon called _________ in coastal waters. |
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| Dinoflagellate blooms are what? |
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| episodes of explosive growth. |
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| Nearly all Apicomplexans are __________ of animals, and some cause serious human diseases. |
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| are a large, varied group of protists named for their use of cilia to move and feed. |
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| A distinctive feature of ciliates is the presence of two types of nuclei, _____ micronuclei and ________ macronuclei. |
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genetic variation results from this.
It's a sexual process in which two individuals exchange haploid micronuclei. |
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| Ciliates generally reproduce asexually by _____________. |
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| Stramenopiles have _____ and ______ flagella |
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| are a group of marine algae. |
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| Diatoms are _________ algae that have unique glass-like wall made of hydrated ______ embedded in an organic matrix. |
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| Brown algae are the most _____ algae and the _____ algae. |
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| brown algae are all ____cellular. |
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| A typical thallus consist of a holdfast which is? |
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| the root and anchors the alga. |
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| The most complex life cycles include an __________ of ___________. Which is.. |
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| Alternation of generations. the alternation of multicellular haploid and diploid forms. |
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| Amoebas move and feed by means of ____________. |
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| Foraminiferans, or forams |
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| Are named for their porous, generally multichambered shells, called tests |
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| Are amoeba that have lobe-shaped, rather than threadlike, pseudopodia |
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| Are common unicellular amoebozoans in soil as well as freshwater and marine environments |
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| Are parasites of vertebrates and some invertebrates |
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| The two flagella on the dinoflagellates make the dinoflagellate do what? |
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| Make them spin as they move through the water |
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| The plastid-bearing lineage of protists evolved into what? |
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| red algae and green algae |
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| On several occasions during eukaryotic evolution red and green algae underwent __________ ___________, in which they were ingested |
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| Protists are the most nutritionally _______ of all eukaryotes |
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| Some protists are photoautotrohps and contain ________. |
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| which absorb organic molecules or ingest larger food particles |
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| combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition |
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| Reproduction and life cycles are also highly varied among protists, with both _____ and _______ species |
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| sexual and asexual species |
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| In Kinetoplastids, there are frequent changes on the surface protein. This does what? |
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| prevents the host from developing immunity. 1/3 of the genome is dedicated to producing these surface proteins. |
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| Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of aquatic __________ and ___________. |
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| photoautotrophs and heterotrophs |
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| The apicomplexans have a nonphotosynthetic plastid called the ________. |
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| Apicomplexans can change surface proteins which does what? |
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| makes them difficult to treat. |
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Most apicomplexans have intricate life cycles
with both _____ and _______ stages that often require two or more host species for completion of life cycle |
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| Ciliates are named for their use of cilia to _____ and ________. |
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| The Macronucleus of the Ciliates controls everyday functions such as _________, __________ and _____________. |
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| water balance, feeding and waste removal |
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| The micronuclei in Ciliates function during ___________. |
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| Diatoms are a major component of ___________ and are highly diverse. |
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| The outer layer of diatoms is __________. |
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| What is commonly called “seaweeds” |
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| (water molds and their relatives) |
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| DNA evidence supports Rhizaria as a _______ clade |
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| Radiolarians are _______ protists |
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| The pseudopodia of radiolarians, known as _____ radiate from the central body. |
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| Most gymnamoebas are ___________ and actively seek and consume bacteria and other protists. |
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| Slime molds, or mycetozoans were once thought to be _______. |
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| Molecular systematics places slime molds in the clade _____. |
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| At one stage in their life cycle, Plasmodial Slime Molds for a mass called a __________. |
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| a single mass of cytoplasm that is undivided by plasma membranes and that contains many diploid nuclei. |
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| The accessory pigment called phycoerythrin found in Red Algae does what to make the algae red? |
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| it masks the green of chlorophyll. |
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| Red algae are usually ______cellular; the largest are seaweeds. |
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| Green algae are named for their grass-green __________. |
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| Green algae is closely related to land plants and is divided into two groups.what are the two groups? |
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| two main groups: chlorophytes and charophyceans |
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Most chlorophytes have complex life cycles
With both _______ and _________reproductive stages. |
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