Exam 21: Protists: The Simplest Eukaryotes

__________ are flagellated and mostly photosynthetic aquatic protists with a cellulose covering.

Which feature is shared by euglenoids and kinetoplastids?  

What occurs when a photosynthetic protist is taken up by a heterotrophic protist and evolves into a chloroplast?  

Land plants are thought to be most closely related to the ____.  

Some protists have complex life cycles and change between the haploid and diploid state.This process is observed in a member of the Stramenopiles,the ________ algae.

Which group does the supergroup Opisthokonta exclude?  

-Refer to the accompanying figure Which letter points to the stipe?  

Which type of plankton are tiny and aquatic heterotrophs?  

What anaerobic excavate protist,including diplomonads and parabasalids,have multiple flagella and no mitochondria?  

In nutrient-rich water,photosynthetic protists may undergo population explosions known as __________.

Choanoflagellates are most closely related to the ____.  

In ciliates,the ____ is used for ____.  

__________ are characterized by two types of nuclei,a macronucleus and a micronucleus.

A collection of tiny organisms that drift and swim in lakes and seas and include both heterotrophs and autotrophs are knows as ___________.  

What feature is common to all the alveolates?  

Which of the following organisms is composed of many integrated cells,each capable of living and reproducing on its own?  

Select the best choice for the following statements in reference to the four groups of protists listed below. -Paramecium belongs to this group.

-Refer to the accompanying figure Within one or two weeks after infection with Plasmodium,ruptured liver cells release _____ and cellular debris into the host's bloodstream,causing fever and weakness characteristic of malaria.  

Cellular slime molds can be distinguished from plasmodial slime molds on the basis of ____.  

Red algae ____.