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Biology CP-Mr.Willets

Pages 309-316

pg 309

1) Protozoans are members of what kingdom? _________________________

2) Protozoans are classified into 4 phyla based on their method of _________________________

a) Phylum _____________________- its members move using _______________________

b) Phylum _____________________- its members move using _______________________

c) Phylum _____________________- its members move using _______________________

d) Phylum _____________________- its members are ________________and _______________

Why might euglenoids be included with protozoans? _______________________ Why might euglenoids be included with algae? ________________________________________

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3) Free-living (non-parasitic) protozoans can be found living in soil and water. Any heterotrophic organisms that drift in water (like many protozoans) are called _____________________________

4) What do some protozoans use to sense the light conditions? ________________________

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5) The most common member of Phylum Sarcodina is the _______________________

6) The two types of cytoplasm in the ameba are the ___________________ which is located _________

_________________________ and the _________________which is located ________________

___________________________

7) Ameboid movement is a form of ___________________________. As the cytoplasm moves it pushes out projections called __________________________

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8) The ameba lives in hypotonic solution and therefore needs a ___________________________ to remove excess water.

9) Ameba feeds by surrounding its food with its ________________________ This process is called

__________________________. The food is then digested in a _______________________

10) Ameba reproduces by ____________________. When conditions become unfavorable, it can form

_____________.

11) A member of Phylum Ciliophora is ______________________ Any protozoan with cilia is called a _______________

12) What is the function of the macronucleus? ___________________________________________

13) What is the function of the micronucleus? ___________________________________________

14) A paramecium feeds by using cilia along the ________________ to sweep food through a _________

into a tube called the ______________________ which forms food vacuoles that move around the cell. Undigested food is removed through the ____________________.

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15) Ciliates reproduce mostly by _____________________________ A sexual form of reproduction is called ____________________________

16) Some members of Phylum Zoomastigina are parasites- Give three examples: ___________________,

___________________, ______________________

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17) What is the common name for African trypanosomiasis? ____________________________ The trypanosomes that cause this disease are carried from person to person by the _____________________

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18) Plasmodium is a member of Phylum ________________ that causes _______________ What is the vector of this disease? ____________________________

19) The symptoms of malaria are caused by the destruction of _______________________ and the release of ___________________ into the blood.

20) The name "Sporozoa" comes from the part of the life cycle of these organisms where they reproduce by means of __________________

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