Important terms - Lecture 4

Protista

 

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Protista

Oomycota (water molds)

Undulapodia

Alga (pl: algae)

Cell walls

Euglenophyta

Protozoa

Dinoflagellata

Rhizopoda

Bacillariophyta (Diatoms)

Parasitic

Diatomaceous earth

Mutualistic

Phaeophyta (Brown algae)

Free-living

Alternation of generations

Fresh water vs. marine

Sporophyte

Pseudopodia

Gametophyte

Amoeboid movement

Rhodophyta (Red algae)

Foraminifera

Chlorophyta (Green algae)

Symbiosis

Chlorophyll a, b, & c

Apicomplexa

Carotenoids

Sporozoites

Phycobilins

Host organism

Starch

Zoomastigophora

Laminarin

Ciliophora

Cellulose

Cilia

Silica

Conjugation

Endosymbiotic theory

Myxomycota (plasmodial slime molds)

Organelles

Coenocytic

Chloroplasts

Acrasiomycota (cellular slime molds)

Mitochondrion (pl: mitochondria)

What evidence do we have that chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved from symbiotic prokaryotes?

 

Why is the Protista such a diverse group of organisms and why are we still looking for better ways to classify these groups?

 

 

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