Protist Kingdom quiz 1 I and II

protist

any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus

aquatic

live in water

protozoa

animal-like

algae

plant-like

slime mold

fungal-like

protozoans

animal-like, classified by method of locomotion

parasites

get nourishment from a host

Trypanosoma

carried by the tsetse fly and carries African Sleeping Sickness (lives in the host’s blood); a neurological disease that causes abnormal sleeping patterns

pseudopodia (false feet)

move by using extensions of their cytoplasm

amoeboid motion

movement using pseudopodia

phagocytosis

traps food with pseudopodia

vacuole

phagocytosis surrounds its food and forms a food _______ around it to store it

contractile vacuoles

pumps out excess water

cilia

move by using hair-like structures

pellicle

stiff outer covering that gives it shape

oral groove

opening lined with cilia that bring food into the gullet to be digested into food vacuoles for storing

micronucleus

controls reproduction

Macronucleus

controls basic cell activities (i.e. Metabolism)

Gullet

Helps food get to the vacuoles

Plasmodium

carried by the female Anopheles mosquito and causes malaria