Protist Study Guide
- What type of environment are slime molds found?
- Describe the body of a slime mold.
- What is so unusual about a euglena?
- Give main characteristics of Chlorophyta.
- How is quinine used?
- What plasmodium stage do mosquitoes inject into humans?
- Where are Autotrophic protists found?
- Where can algae be found?
- What are zoospores?
- Why are Bacillariophytes so important?
- List some specializations of algae.
- How do algae differ from other protists?
- Which type of algae is most like plants?
- In what phylum are these algae placed?
- How do the sporophyte & gametophyte generations of protists differ?
- Name several characteristics used to identify algae.
- Name characteristics of all protozoa.
- Which type of protozoan serves as an energy source for other organisms in its environment?
- What insect spreads African sleeping sickness?
- What causes malaria?
- How do micronuclei & macronuclei differ genetically from each other?
- List human diseases caused by protists.
- What is conjugation?
- What protist uses pseudopodia & how are they used?
- What are cysts & why are they formed?