Protists
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| 49910811 | protist | any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus | |
| 49910812 | mixotroph | organism that is capable of both photosynthesis and heterotrophy | |
| 49910813 | ingestive protist | animal-like protist | |
| 49910814 | absorptive protist | fungs-like protist | |
| 49910815 | endosymbiosis | unicellular organism engulfs other cells | |
| 49910816 | secondary endosymbiosis | heterotrophic eukaryotic cell engullfed a photosynthetic eukaryotic cell which survived in a symbiotic relationship inside the heterotrophic cell | |
| 49910817 | diplomonads | two equal size nuclie and multiple flagella-no DNA in mitochondria, no platids | |
| 49910818 | parabasalids | include the protists called triochomonads | |
| 49910819 | euglenozoa | clade that includes predatory, heterotrophs, photosynthetic autotrophs and pathogenic parasites | |
| 49910820 | kinetoplastids and euglenids | two main groups of euglenozoans | |
| 49910821 | kinetoplastid | a protist that has a single large mitochondrion that house DNA | |
| 49910822 | sleeping sickness | disease caused by kinetoplastid | |
| 49910823 | euglenid | protist characterized by an anterior pocket where two flagella emerge | |
| 49910824 | alveolata | characterized membrane-bound sac under the plasma membrane | |
| 49910825 | kinds of alveolates | flagellates, parasites, cilia | |
| 49910826 | dinoflagellate | unicellular photosynthetic algae with two flagella situated in grooves covering the cell | |
| 49910827 | dinoflagellate blooms | episodes of exploive population growth (red tide) | |
| 49910828 | apicomplexan | parisitic protozoan | |
| 49910829 | ciliate | type of protozoan that moves by cilia | |
| 49910830 | stramenopila | have two flaggela one with fine and stiff hairs, the other smooth | |
| 49910831 | oomycete | protist with flagellated cells like water mold, white rust, downy mildew. | |
| 49910832 | diatom | unicellular photosythetic alga with a unique, glassy cell wall containing silica | |
| 49910833 | types of algae | brown, red, green algae | |
| 49910834 | phaeophyta | brown algae | |
| 49910835 | rhodophyta | red algae | |
| 49910836 | chlorophyta | green algae | |
| 49910837 | thallus | seaweed body that is plant-like | |
| 49910838 | holdfast | act like roots | |
| 49910839 | stipe | like a stem | |
| 49910840 | blades | like leaves | |
| 49910841 | alternation of generations | alternation of multicellular haploid and diploid forms | |
| 49910842 | heteromorphic | the spororphyte and gametophyte generations differ in morphology | |
| 49910843 | isomorphic | the sporophytes and gametophytes look alike but differ in chromosome number | |
| 49910844 | amoeba | protist grande characterized by the presence of pseudopodia | |
| 49910845 | pseudopodia | cytoplams containing extensions of plasma membrane.they help in movement and feeding | |
| 49910846 | foraminiferan | aquatic protist, secretes a hardened shell containg calcium carbonate and extends psedopodia through pores in the shell | |
| 49910847 | radiolarian | protist, usually marine, with a shell generally made of silcia and pseudopodia that radiate from the central body | |
| 49910848 | plasmodial slime mold | has amoeboid cells, flagellated cells and plasmodial feeding stage in its life cycle | |
| 49910849 | cellular slime mold | unicellular amoeboid cells and aggregated reproductce bodies in its life cycle |
