Protista Review Questions

Protists are ___________________. (prokaryotic or eukaryotic)

Protists are no longer placed in only one kingdom (Kingdom Protista). Instead, protists are now placed in major groups called _____________.

What are three general categories of protists? Briefly describe each one.

Define the following:

Algae

protozoa

phagocytosis

saprobe

Heterotrophic

Autotrophic

Name the three methods of locomotion used by protozoa.

6. What is endosymbiosis?

Euglena Video

What is the pellicle?

Some Euglena can use their eye spot to do what?

Euglena store carbohydrate for energy in what form?

Trypanosome video

Which flagellate causes Trypanosomiasis or African sleeping sickness?

How is it transmitted to humans?

Where in the human body does the Trypanosome live?

Dinoflagellates (algal Bloom video)

Why are dinoflagellates important to our ecosystem?

What is a “red tide”?

What are 2 toxins that some dinoflagellates can produce?

Why is Peridinin important?

How do some dinoflagellates glow?

Are dinoflagellate blooms harmful? Why or why not?

Paramecium Videos

Which protozoan moves by cilia?

What do Paramecia feed on?

What is a predator of Paramecia?

What are trichocysts?

Amoeba video

How do Amoeba move?

What is the function of the contractile vacuole?

Foram Video

26 . What does benthic mean?

What is a test? And what are they made of?

What do forams use to capture food?

Radiolarian Video

What are radiolarian skeletons made of?

How do they move?

Fucus Video

What are the important contributions that kelp make?

Diatom Video

What are uses of diatomaceous Earth?

What are the ecological contributions that diatoms make?

What does plankton mean?

Volvox, Spirogyra, Chara Videos

________________ is a colonial green alga.

________________ is a filamentous green alga.

________________ is multicellular green algae.

Slime mold Videos

What was Physarum first classified as?

What is their mode of nutrition?