Exam 27: Protists

The ____ are the primary photosynthetic organisms of marine plankton.

Currently malaria ____.

Figure 27.1 -Answer the question using the accompanying figure. The structures labeled "5" are ____.

Red tide and extensive fish kills are caused by population blooms of ____.

Giardia lamblia, spread by water contaminated with feces, forms resistant ____.

You discover an organism that has a nucleus but no mitochondria. This organism could be a(n) ____.

The pigments responsible for the color of red algae are the chlorophylls .

The algal ancestors of land plants were most likely similar to the ____.

Discuss how single-celled eukaryotes can be distinguished from each of the following: bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals.

The only single-celled eukaryotes that have two types of nuclei in each cell are the ____.

A ____ is an extension of a lobe of the cytoplasm, which is used by some single-celled eukaryotes for movement.

Figure 27.3 -Answer the question using the accompanying figure. The structure labeled "E" is formed ____.

The majority of single-celled eukaryotes are ____.

The undulating membrane of Parabasala is used for ____.

The ____ absorb nutrients through their plasma membranes and lack food vacuoles.

Provide a brief argument for the following statement: "single-celled eukaryotes are complex."

Amoebas use pseudopodia for movement and ____.

When under attack, ciliates can eject dart-like protein threads from surface organelles called ____.