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| single celled eukaryotes that are classified by the way they move. |
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| use pseudopods to move around and engulf food and live in fresh and salt water. Some of these are parasitic in mammals and cause amoebic dysentery. |
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| Phylum Zoomatigina, they have one or more large flagella. many are free living, some are parasitic to mammals. |
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| a flagellate that is a parasite and blocks the absorption of nutrients in the intestines. |
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| a Ciliate that lives in all water environments. A few are parasitic. Humans can get one of these from pigs. |
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| Parasites that can't move on their own. The form spores for reproduction |
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| the thing that spreads parasites. It could be water, air, animals or other things. |
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| the cause of Malaria and has the mosquito as a vector. |
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| the cause of Malaria and has the mosquito as a vector. |
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| a Sporozoan that many pets carry that can cause birth defects in unborn babies. |
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| photosythetic protists including diatoms and dinoflagellates |
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| protists with both plant and animal characteristics. They have chlorophyll for photosythesis, but can ingest food when light is not present. They also have a flagella for mobility. |
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| found in fresh and salt water. they have silicon shells and store food as oils instead of starch which makes them float. |
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| Thick cellulose plates and found in salt water. They have 2 flagella for movement. |
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| some dinoflagellates that glow at night. Noctiluca |
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| when dinoflagellates produce strong toxins that kills fish in the ocean and can kill people who eat shell fish who have been infected with the critters. |
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| produce the large kelp forest in the ocean off California. |
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| Green Algea found mostly in fesh water. They can be single celled, multicellular or in colonies. |
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| Slime molds, water molds, and mildews. they feed bysecreting enzymes like fungi. |
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| grows on organic matter like fallen leaves and rotting wood |
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| Irish Potato Famine of 1845 |
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| crop failure due to mildews. |
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