Chapter 28 - Protists

studied byStudied by 0 people
0.0(0)
Get a hint
Hint

Mitosomes

1 / 16

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

Statistics

17 Terms

1

Mitosomes

________ are shrunken mitochondria found in diplomonads.

New cards
2

Excavates

________ include parasites such as Giardia, as well as many predatory and photosynthetic species, as shown in the image attached.

New cards
3

Diplomanads

________ obtain their energy through anaerobic metabolic processes.

New cards
4

Parabasalids

________ also have decreased mitochondria, known as hydrogenosomes, which generate some energy anaerobically while emitting hydrogen gas as a byproduct.

New cards
5

majority of eukaryotes

The ________ are single- celled creatures.

New cards
6

Protists

________ are important members of ecological communities.

New cards
7

parasites

Many diplomonads are ________, including the notorious Giardia intestinalis, which lives in mammalian intestines.

New cards
8

Trichomonas vaginalis

________, a sexually transmitted parasite that infects around 5 million individuals each year, is the most well- known parabasalid.

New cards
9

prokaryotic flagella

They are not the same as ________, which are filaments made up of globular proteins linked to the cell surface.

New cards
10

Plastids

________ are considered to be the offspring of cyanobacteria that were devoured by early eukaryotic cells.

New cards
11

Giardia intestinalis

________ is a parasitic diplomonad.

New cards
12

plastid bearing lineage

The ________ gave rise to red algae and green algae.

New cards
13

eukaryotes

Protists, like plants, animals, and fungi, are ________; they belong to the category of Eukarya, one of the three domains of life.

New cards
14

Diplomanads

________ feature two equal- sized nuclei and many flagella.

New cards
15

Protists

________ have a wide range of life cycles and structural and functional diversity.

New cards
16

Protists

________ and other eukaryotes, unlike prokaryotes, contain a nucleus and other membrane- enclosed organelles, as well as a cytoskeleton that allows them to have asymmetric shapes and change shape when they eat, move, or grow.

New cards
17

Protists

________ that produce photosynthetically are among the most significant producers in aquatic ecosystems.

New cards

Explore top notes

note Note
studied byStudied by 6 people
... ago
4.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 7 people
... ago
3.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 5 people
... ago
4.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 5 people
... ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 46 people
... ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 61 people
... ago
5.0(2)
note Note
studied byStudied by 8 people
... ago
3.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 22 people
... ago
2.0(1)

Explore top flashcards

flashcards Flashcard (30)
studied byStudied by 4 people
... ago
5.0(4)
flashcards Flashcard (40)
studied byStudied by 133 people
... ago
4.3(7)
flashcards Flashcard (94)
studied byStudied by 168 people
... ago
5.0(2)
robot