Exam 26: Protists

The stramenopiles include water molds, diatoms, golden algae, and brown algae.

Identify the modes of nutrition found in members of the protists and include one example for each.

You find a unicellular organism that forms lobe-like pseudopodia. When you expose the cells to cAMP, they aggregate into a slug like structure. Based on this information, you correctly conclude that this organism is known as:

___________ are amoebozoa with close affinities to amoebas and plasmodial slime molds.

____________ are the largest and most complex of all algae.

When brown algae divide asexually, each new cell retains half of the original cell.

Which is an anaerobic excavate that is an endosymbiont of animals?

Coralline forms of which group of protists are ecologically important in the formation of coral reefs?

Which eukaryotic organelles likely arose from symbiotic relationships between larger cells and bacteria?

Many green algae produce spores asexually by mitosis; if these spores have flagella and are motile, they are called __________.

Which group of protists are unicellular, biflagellate stramenopiles that form a significant portion of the nanoplankton?

Name three diseases caused by protozoa. Include the causal organism, the group in which it is classified, and its means of transmission when possible.

Within ciliates, what do the micronuclei control?

Which statement about radiolarians is FALSE?