| Term | Definition |
|---|
| protist | Mostly unicellular eukaryotes that are not plant, animal, fungis or bacteria. |
| animallike | Take food from environment.(Heterotrophic) |
| plantlike | Produce food by Photosynthesis(Autotrophic) |
| fungislike | Obtain food by external digestion( Decomposers and Parasites) |
| pseudopods | Cytoplasmic projections that help protists move. ex: amoeba |
| cilia | short, numerous, move like oars |
| flagellum | Relatively long; produce wave-like motion. |
| spores | Reproductive cells that can enter cells and live as parasites. |
| plasmodium | Spore forming protist which causes malaria. |
| conjugation | exchange of gentic material (form of reproduction). |
| micronucleus | "reserve" copy of every gene in the cell. |
| macronucleus | multiple copies of genes. |
| sporangium | structure in which spores are produced. |
| algae | example of photosynthetic protist. |
| ecological roles | Feeding Fish and Whales, Supporting Coral Reefs, Providing Shelter, Recycling Waste |
| algal bloom | increase in amount of algae and other producers that results from a large input of a limiting nutrient |
| food vacuole | small cavity in cytoplasm that temporarily stores food. |
| gullet | cilia sweeps food into an indention in one side of the organism |
| slime molds | key decomposers |
| trichonympha | flagellated protist that lives within the digestive system in many species of termites and makes it possible for the digestion of wood |
| mutualistic symbioses | both protist and organism benefit |
| algae | an example of a photosynthetic protist |
| giardia | protist which causes severe diarrhea and intestinal bleeding |
| trypanosoma | "african sleeping sickness" includes chills, rashes, and can cause deep sleep |
| zooflagellates | have tails (animallike PHYLA) |
| sarcodines | use pseudopods (animallike PHYLA) |
| ciliates | use cilia (animallike PHYLA) |
| sporozoans | parasites that dont move (animallike PHYLA) |
| phytoplankton | photosynthetic organisms near the surface of the ocean that are key producers |
| fungi | eukaryotic heterotroph with walls made of chitin |
| chitin | polymer made of sugars; makes up the cell walls of fungi |
| hyphae | slender branching filaments -make up fungi- |
| fruiting body | reproductive structure (ex. top of mushroom) |
| mycelium | mass of branching hyphae below the soil |
| zygomycota | common molds |
| ascomycota | sac fungi |
| basidiomycota | club fungi |
| deuteromycota | imperfect fungi |
| lichen | symbiotic association; made of hyphae, green algae/cyanobacteria |
| mycorrhiza | association between plant roots and fungi |
| zygospore | contains zygotes that formed during the sexual phase of a mold's life |
| rhizoids | rootlike hyphae that anchor the fungus, releasing digestive enzymes and absorb digested material |
| stolons | stemlike hyphae that are on the surface |
| conidia | spores produced at the tips of conidiophores |
| ascus | cup-shaped fruiting body where a diploid zygote is formed which undergoes meiosis and the forming 8 ascospores |
| basidium | spore-bearing structure found on the underside of mushrooms |
| saprobes | type of heterotroph that obtains food from decaying matter |
| parasites | harm the other organism while living on it |
| alcohol fermentation | pyruvate+NADH= alcohol + CO2+NAD+ATP |
| yeast | Sac Fungi which causes bread to rise and makes beer and wine |
| symbionts | live in close and mutually beneficial association |
| plantlike phyla | euglenophytes, chrysophytes, diatoms, dinoflagellates |
| fungislike phylum | acrasiomycotes, myxomycotes, oomycocetes |
| Red Algae | live at great depths because the pigment they contain is good at getting the wavelength of light that goes deep in the ocean; part of coral reef ecosystems |
| Brown Algae | Giant Kelp |
| Three Ways of Reproduction | Conjugation -Alternation of Generations- Spores |
| movement | what animallike phyla is based on |
| zygomycetes | common mold that grows on meat, cheese, and bread |
| deutermycotes | no sexual phase in their life cycle |
| athletes foot/ ringworm | fung as parasites which cause human diseases such as these |
| Great Potato Famine | in 1846, Phytophthora infestans caused this event in Ireland |
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