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1
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Kingdom includes all eukaryotes except green plants, animals and fungi
Not monophyleyic
Most diverse kingdom
Reproduce asexually most of time

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Protists

2
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Major difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

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Cytoskeleton

Compartmentalization

3
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Used for propulsion and feeding

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Cilia

4
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Protective outer forgetting in dormant cell

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Cyst

5
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Movement and feeding

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Pseudopodia

6
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Ingest particle food

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Phagotropic

7
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Ingest soluble food

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Osmotrophic

8
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Pritistan mechanisms

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-slimy gate coverings 
Toxins 
Sharp projectiles 
Spines 
Bioluminescence
9
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Diplomonads characteristics

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Unicellular 
Move with flagella 
2 nuclei 
Giardia (causes diarrhea) 
No mitochondria but have it in DNA
10
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Protistan nutrition

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Photographs
Heterotrophs
Mixotrophs

11
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Earlier eukaryotes to have mitochondria
No sexual reproduction
Flexible pellucle
Heteritrophic in dark

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Euglenozoa

12
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Photosynthetic
Unicellular
Has flagella

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Dinoflagellates

13
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2nd major group in euglenozoa

Single mitochondrian

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Kineplastids

14
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African sleeping sucking is caused by?

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Tsetse fly

15
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Disease caused by contact w urine/blood of infected animal. Heart increases in size

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Chagas’ disease

16
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Severe lesions caused by sand fly

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Leishmaniasis

17
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Major cause of red tide (blooms that kill fish, birds and marine mammals.

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Dinoflagellates

18
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Spore forming animal parasites

Arrangement of organelles that enables cell to invade host

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Apicomolexans

19
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Caused by plasmodium

Symptoms include chills & fever in late afternoon

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Malaria

20
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Unique double shells made of silica
Photosynthetic
Unicellular

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Diatoms

21
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Tough but flexible outer covering

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Pellicile

22
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Cilates will reproduce asexually without

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Micronucleus

23
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Essential for ciliates function

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Macronucleus

24
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2 types of ciliates nuclei

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Micrinucleus

Macrinucleus

25
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Filter bacterial food from water
Similar to sponges and humans
Propulsion by single posterior flagellum

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Choanoflagellates

26
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Move by pseudopodia extension

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Amoebae

27
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Resemble tiny snails
Shells called tests
Tests help make up limestone deposits

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Foraminiferans

28
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Plasmodium grows in what human cells?

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Red blood cells