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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/21/2008
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Term
diplomonads & parabasalids
 Definition
lack mitochondrial DNA
Term
diplomonads & parabasalids
 Definition
lack plastids
Term
diplomonads
 Definition
Two equal-sized nuclei
Term
parabasalids
 Definition
Undulating membrane
Term
diplomonads
 Definition
Giardia
Term
parabasalids
 Definition
Trichomonas
Term
Euglenozoa
 Definition
crystalline rod inside flagella
Term
kinetoplastids
 Definition
Kinetoplast
Term
kinetoplastids
 Definition
Trypanosoma
Term
euglenids
 Definition
Euglena
Term
euglenids
 Definition
Paramylon as storage molecule
Term
Paramylon
 Definition
glucose polymer
Term
Kinetoplast
 Definition
DNA mass in mitochondria
Term
Trypanosoma
 Definition
causes sleeping sickness
Term
Trypanosoma
 Definition
vector is tsetse fly
Term
Trypanosoma
 Definition
cause chagas
Term
kinetoplastids
 Definition
bacteria consumers
Term
alveolates
 Definition
Alveoli beneath plasma membrane
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Alveoli
 Definition
bounded membranous sac
Term
dinoflagellates
 Definition
have cellulose plates
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dinoflagellates
 Definition
two flagella enabling spinning
Term
dinoflagellates
 Definition
composed of phytoplankton
Term
dinoflagellates
 Definition
stores starch
Term
dinoflagellates
 Definition
Pfiesteria
Term
Pfiesteria
 Definition
creates blooms which affects food chain
Term
Pfiesteria
 Definition
creates red tides
Term
Pfiesteria
 Definition
causes psp
Term
apicomplexans & oomycetes & entamoebas
 Definition
parasitic
Term
apicomplexans
 Definition
Apical complex of organelles
Term
apicomplexans
 Definition
Plasmodium
Term
apicomplexans
 Definition
have sexual and asexual stages that require two or more different host species
Term
Plasmodium
 Definition
causes malaria
Term
Plasmodium
 Definition
vector is mosquito
Term
ciliates
 Definition
Cilia used in movement and feeding
Term
ciliates
 Definition
most complex of single-celled protists
Term
ciliates
 Definition
have micro-nuclei for conjugation
Term
ciliates
 Definition
have macro-nuclei
Term
ciliates
 Definition
reproduce sexually and asexually
Term
ciliates
 Definition
Paramecium
Term
ciliates
 Definition
Stentor
Term
stramenopiles
 Definition
Hairy and smooth flagella
Term
stramenopiles
 Definition
heterotrophic
Term
stramenopiles
 Definition
algae
Term
oomycetes
 Definition
molds, rusts, mildews
Term
oomycetes
 Definition
economic hinderer
Term
oomycetes
 Definition
caused potato famine
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oomycetes
 Definition
decomposers
Term
oomycetes
 Definition
Hyphae
Term
hyphae
 Definition
absorbs nutrients
Term
diatoms
 Definition
have silica
Term
glass-like wall
 Definition
silica
Term
diatoms
 Definition
huge part of phytoplankton
Term
golden algae
 Definition
unicellular/colonial
Term
golden algae
 Definition
Flagella attached near one end of cell
Term
brown algae
 Definition
All multicellular
Term
brown algae
 Definition
most complex of all protists
Term
brown algae
 Definition
mostly marine
Term
brown algae
 Definition
have floats
Term
brown algae
 Definition
have hold-fasts
Term
brown algae
 Definition
have gel
Term
brown algae
 Definition
taste bad
Term
brown algae
 Definition
komba
Term
 Definition
nori
Term
brown algae
 Definition
ager
Term
cercozoans
 Definition
amoebas
Term
cercozoans
 Definition
move via pseudopodia
Term
cercozoans
 Definition
have thread-like psueodopodia
Term
Foraminferans
 Definition
have tests
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tests
 Definition
calcium carbonate shell
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Foraminfera
 Definition
extend through test pours
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tests
 Definition
form extensive fossil record in marine sediments
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radiolarians
 Definition
have fused tests, in one piece, made of silica
Term
radiolarians
 Definition
phagocytize microorganisms with psuedopodia
Term
radiolarians
 Definition
axopodia radiate from body
Term
amoebozoans
 Definition
have lobe-shaped pseudopodia
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entamoebas
 Definition
parasitic of vertebrates and invertebrates
Term
amoebozoans
 Definition
slime molds
Term
amoebozoans
 Definition
gymnamoebas
Term
Entamoeba hystolitica
 Definition
causes amoebic disintary
Term
red algae & green algae
 Definition
acquired cyanobacterial endosymbiote
Term
red algae
 Definition
color allows light to be absorbed deep under water
Term
red algae
 Definition
usually multicellular
Term
red algae
 Definition
abundant in tropical coastal water
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green algae
 Definition
chlorophytes
Term
green algae
 Definition
chlorophyceans
Term
chlorophytes & chlorophyceans
 Definition
closely related to land plants
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chlorophyceans
 Definition
most closely related to land plants
Term
chlorophytes
 Definition
most live in fresh water
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chlorophytes
 Definition
live in damp soil
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chlorophytes
 Definition
symbiotic with lichen
Term
chlorophytes
 Definition
live in snow
Term
chlorophytes
 Definition
single-celled, colonial, multicellular
Term
chlorophytes
 Definition
have complex life cycles with both sexual and asexual stage
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