BIOLOGY - UNIT 6: MICROBIOLOGY
daughter colonies
result of reproduction inside a Volvox colony
thallus
structure of an alga
kelp
giant brown algae
plasmodium
multinucleated feeding phase
Through the process of ________ , an amoeba creates a food vacuole where digestion continues.
phagocytosis
__________ Which substance is responsible for the red color in red algae?
phycoerythrin
algal bloom
rapid growth of algae
phototaxis
response to light
Select reasons why euglena have in the past been classified as protozoans.
They are motile. They have no cell wall. They have a pellicle.
Chlorophyta
Volvox
Which item is NOT associated with the phylum Rhodophyta?
algin
During the feeding phase of the cellular slime mold, the organism exists as an amoeba-like body of ___________ that feed on organic material, bacteria, and fungus. If food becomes scarce, some of the cells of the slime mold emit a ____________ that other slime mold cells react to and they gather into a larger, single slimy mass. This is the slug phase because the mass looks and acts much like a slug. From the slug phase, _______________ will evolve and individual spores are released that are capable of becoming new individual amoeba-like cells, and they enter the feeding phase.
cells, chemical, fruiting bodies.
algin
gelatin-like derivative of brown algae
sulcom
groove in the outer covering of dinoflagellates
The Anopheles mosquito is the ________ for malaria.
insect vector
red eyespot
light-sensitive structure
diatoms
Bacillariophyta
Basidiomycota
Agaricus bisporis
Rhizopoda
Amoeba proteus
Select the false statement about diatoms.
Diatoms provide plants with a source of fertilizer.
radiolarians
Foraminifera
Zoomastigophora
Giardia lamblia
plasmodial slime mold
Myxomycota
late blight
Phytophthera infestans
Apicomplexa
Plasmodium ovale
Ascomycota
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Phaeophyta
Sargussum
Chrysophyta
Synura