Protists

Which of the following can be true about Protists?

• they can be autotrophic

• they can be hetrotrophic

• they can be fungus like

• they can be mixotrophic which they can do a number of things

Giardia is

• a waterborne parasite that causes severe diarrhea

• causes African Sleeping Sickness

• sexually transmitted

• causes malaria

Trichomonas sp. can

• is a sexually transmitted parasite

• cause malaria

• become infected by handling cat litter

• causes African Sleeping sickness

Plasmodium vivax is

• a sexually transmitted disease

• causes severe diarrhea

• causes malaria

• caused by drinking water contaminated with feces

Most protists are terrestrial. True or False?

• True

• False

According to your book, there are four informal categories. Protozoans is one such group- they include

• amoebas

• ciliates

• flagellates

• algae

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What is true about amoebas?

• flexible body shape

• feed by extending pseudopodia

• can cause dysentery

• coponent of sedimentary rock

Ciliates are another group of protozoans. What is true about this group?

• named for hair like structures called cilia

• sweep food into the gullet

• nearly all are free living

• have a flagella

Slime molds are another category of protists. Check all boxes that are true about this group

• multicellular and related to amoebas

• feed on dead plant material

• two kinds- plasmodial slime molds and cellular slime molds

• include parameciums and euglenas

Unicellular/colonial algae are another informal group of protists. Check all that apply

• supports food chains in freshwater and marine ecosystems

• maybe a source of biofuels in the future

• includes dinoflagellates, diatoms, and green algae

• paramecium, euglena, and amoebas are good examples