Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Chapter 18, Problem 7WIO
Summary Introduction
To analyze:
The traditional classification of protists with proposed changes described in section 18.5 of the book.
Introduction:
Protists are a varied group of creatures that do not fall within the categories of an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Ch. 18.1 - What features define the protists?Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18.1 - Why are evolutionary biologists interested in...Ch. 18.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18.2 - List and describe the characteristics of the major...Ch. 18.3 - What mode of nutrition do the slime molds and...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 18.4 - Prob. 1MC
Ch. 18.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18.4 - List three diseases caused by flagellated...Ch. 18.4 - Compare and contrast amoebae, foraminiferans, and...Ch. 18.4 - How do ciliates move and eat?Ch. 18.4 - Prob. 6MCCh. 18.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 18.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18.6 - Use the food chain in figure 18.21a to explain why...Ch. 18.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18 - Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of...Ch. 18 - Suppose you are studying a protist under a...Ch. 18 - Some protist lineages arose from secondary...Ch. 18 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 18 - Why are DNA sequences useful in the classification...Ch. 18 - Explain why evolutionary biologists are interested...Ch. 18 - The amoeba Pelomyxa palustris is a single-celled...Ch. 18 - How is it adaptive for a red alga to have pigments...Ch. 18 - How are kelp similar to trees? How are they...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 18 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 18 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 18 - Suppose someone hands you a microscope and a...Ch. 18 - Review the Survey the Landscape figure in the...Ch. 18 - Prob. 2PITCh. 18 - Molecular data have changed protist...
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- Select all statements that are true about the kindom protista: I. They are mostly unicellular Eukaryotes II. Protists are the most nutrionally diverse of all eukaryotes III. Red algae and green algae are included in this kingdom IV. All protist are multicellular in naturearrow_forward19) Which of the following statements about protists is true? Group of answer choices Protists are a monophyletic group of organisms All protists are unicellular All protists are photosynthetic Some protists have prokaryotic cells The protist group known as charophytes gave rise to land plantsarrow_forwardProtista is no longer accepted as a Kingdom because the organisms classified as protists show varying degrees of genetic relatedness. Protista is a paraphyletic grouping that historically encompassed organisms that did not fit into other classification groups. Select one: O True O Falsearrow_forward
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