 | Term | Definition |
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Kingdom Protista |
junk-drawer, the organisms that don't fit into the other kingdoms |
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sarcodines |
locomotion by pseudopods; unicellular, several phyla |
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amoeba |
member of sarcodines |
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Phylum Myxomycota |
slime molds, amoebalike colonies, heterotrophic |
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Phylum Ciliophora |
locomtion by cilia; heterotrophic, uses hundreds of cilia (hairlike projections) to move |
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Domain Prokarya |
prokaryotes, lack nuclei and other membrane-enclosed organelles, reproduce by binary fission |
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Paramecium |
member of phylum ciliophora |
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Phylum Apicomplexa |
sporozoa; nonmotile; heterotrophic |
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flagellates |
several phyla; locomotion by flagella; can be heterotrophic; can be autotrophic |
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Euglena |
member of flagellates |
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Phylum Diatoms |
bacillariophyta; autotrophic, lives in water; yellow/brown algae |
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Phylum Phaeophyta |
brown algae; multicellular, macroscopic; emucipher |
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alaria |
member of phylum phaeophyta; lives in cold-seas |
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Phylum Rhodophyta |
red algae; multicellular; macroscopic;source of agar, 4,100 species; red tides, warm-seas |
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Phylum Chlorophyta |
green algae; ancestral to plants; 16,000 species; grows in moist areas |
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Volvox |
member of phylum chlorophyta; colony of chlamydomonas |
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chlamydomonas |
member of phylum chlorophyta |
