Chapter 19 Protist Expectations

By the end of the chapter you should have the following completed:

1.     Be able to define and give an example when appropriate of:

Group A:  protozoa, algae, slime mold^¯, pseudopodia, Sarcodines (phylum Rhizopoda), flagellates (phylum Zoomastigina), ciliates (phylum Ciliophora), oral grove, paramecium, micronucleus, macronucleus, sporozoans (phylum Sporozoa), spore,

Group B:, euglenoids (phylum Euglenophyta), diatoms (phylum Bacilliarophyta), dinoflagellates (phylum Dinoflagellata), Red algae (rhodophyta), chlorophyta (green algae), Brown algae (phaeophyta), stipe^¯, holdfast^¯, blade^¯, air bladder^¯, thallus^¯,  colony, gametophyte, sporophyte, golden algae (Crystophyta) ^¯, alternation of generations

Group C: plasmodial slime mold (myxomycota), cellular slime mold (Acrasiomycota), downy mildew (Oomycota)

^¯Indicates vocabulary not found in your textbook but will be covered in class notes.

2.     All sections of the reading should be read with the goal of being able to discuss/explain the information contained in them.

19.1 The World of Protists             19.2 Algae: Plantlike protists

19.3 Slime molds, water molds, and downy mildews

3.     Have the following concept review questions completely answered:

Group 1- The World of Protists

1. Describe how a sarcodines moves and obtains it food.

2. How do sporozoans differ from other protozoa?

3. Explain the differences that exist between ciliates and flagellates.

4. If you placed a paramecium in salt water, what role would its contractile vacuole play and why?

5. Outline the life cycle of the sporozoan that causes malaria in humans, Plasmodium.

Group 2 – Algae: Plantlike protists

1. Which algae group can live in deeper water than any other?  Explain how this is possible.

2. Name all the groups within the algae subkingdom.

3. What adaptations has a euglena evolved in the way of getting its energy?

4. Outline the diatom life cycle.

5. In what ways are algae important to all living things on earth?

6. In what ways do the sporophyte and gametophyte generations of an organism such as Ulva (sea lettuce) differ from each other?

Group 3- slime molds, water molds, and downy mildews

1.     Describe the protozoan and fungus like characteristics of slime molds.

2.     How does a plasmodial slime mold differ from a cellular slime mold?

3.     The Blob was a movie about an alien organism that lands on earth and consumes all living things in its path.  Which type of protist from this chapter doe the Blob resemble and in what ways?

4.     Labs to be handed in with discussion questions written out and answered in complete sentences:

Prepared protist slide lab

Live protist lab

5.     Know how to convert from one unit to another using factor label method.

6.     Know what all the metric prefixes mean and be able to apply their meaning to solve a mathematical problem.

7.     Record all material presented in class notes and commit them to memory.

Extra Credit: To be passed in and presented before the test is taken  (maximum 2 pts on test)