Exam 11: Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Parasites

This organism moves by:

The major characteristic used to divide protozoans into four major groups is _____.

Diatoms possess:

Outline or illustrate in detailed form the life cycle of the malaria parasite,naming the stages and the various host organisms involved.Describe another protozoan that causes human diseases.

Which of the following statements about Fungi is true?

Bread molds are members of the phylum _____.

Mycology is defined as the study of _____.

Protists may be described according to whether they resemble organisms in each of the following kingdoms except:

Parasites having both male and female reproductive organs are known as _____.

A tapeworm's hydatid cyst:

Human fungal diseases are known by the general name _______.

Euglenoids contain a stigma,the purpose of which is to:

Undercooked pork is most likely to pass along _____.

Organisms that are normally free living but can also obtain nutrients from a host are called _____.

This organism moves by:

Arachnids have ________ legs and include ________.

A host in which a parasite reproduces sexually is a _____.

Parasites are dependent on their hosts for survival. Which organism do you think is better adapted to a parasitic lifestyle,one that is virulent and often kills its host,or one that only causes mild chronic illness in its host? For vector-transmitted parasites there are two hosts involved in the lifecycle,how does that complicate adaptation to the human host?

Fungal hyphae are sometimes separated into smaller compartments by cross walls called _____.

Fungi with no known sexual stage (in their life cycle)are assigned to the phylum _____.