Biodiversity- Protists

Emergence and diversity of eukaryotes beginning with protists. Mix of true/false and multiple choice.

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How are Protists classified?
Movement/nutrition method
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What are protozoans?
Heterotrophic protists
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'Ciliates are a monophyletic group'- what does this mean?
The group ciliates contains all the descendants of the closest common ancestors of ciliates.
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How do paramecium reproduce?
Both
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'Flagellates are polyphyletic' what does this mean?
A group composed of a number of organisms which don't include their most recent common ancestor.
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What is special about Giarda?
They have no mitochondria
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Giarda is a parasite. What illness does it cause?
Diahorea
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Giarda has 2 different life cycle stages to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to. What are the names of the 2 stages?
Cysts & trophozoites
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