Exam 26: Protists

Members of the alveolates are characterized by the presence of:

Members of which protist group is one of the fossilized deposits in the unique geological formation of the White Cliffs of Dover?

Describe the evolutionary importance of choanoflagellates.

Parabasilids are excavates that lack functional mitochondria and lack a Golgi complex.

What commercial product is derived from the processing of red algae?

Most protists are:

Cells that have a single flagellum or are amoebas with no flagella are _________.

Which protist group possess a crystalline rod in their flagella?

Which protist group typically consists of amoeboid cells surrounded by a hard outer shell through which cytoplasmic projections extend?

Of the following, which group exhibits a diverse morphology, forming unicells, filaments, and sheets?

Which algal group contains individuals that are typically unicellular and form siliceous shells?

What are the structures that allow motility in amoebozoa, excavates, and ciliates?

Coccolithophorids are marine members of the brown algae.

Which protist groups consists of individuals who often have intracellular shells of interlocking plates?

Name the two main clades of Rhizaria and name one way to distinguish the clades from each other.

Among the protist groups below, which has organisms that typically move with two or more flagella?

Which protist group does not have flagellated cells?

What is the translation of "pseudopodia," a characteristic of the amoebas?