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Protists

Protists are unicellular or multicellular microorganisms. The majority of protists are responsible for many diseases in humans.

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Is a paramecium heterotrophic?

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Yes, Paramecium is heterotrophic.

It has no chlorophyll or other means of synthesizing organic matter, such as glucose, from inorganic compounds like carbon dioxide and water. So it cannot be autotrophic.

It must obtain organic compounds from other organisms, and is therefore heterotrophic.

How can you describe a mosquito?

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The mosquitos are insects which make up the family Culicidae. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood (hematophagy) from other animals, which has made them one of the most deadly disease vectors known to man, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions per year by the spread of diseases.

Both male and female mosquitos are nectar feeders, but the female is also capable of haematophagy (drinking blood). Females do not require blood for survival, but they do need supplemental protein for the development and laying of their eggs. Prior to sucking the blood, they inject a mild painkiller, which numbs the host to the pain from the "bite" (Note: mosquitos do not actually bite). The Toxorhynchites species of mosquito never drinks blood. This genus includes the largest of the extant mosquitos, the larvae of which are predatory on the larvae of other mosquitos. These mosquito eaters have been used in the past as mosquito control agents, with varying success

In the Spanish language, the word Mosquito (little fly) dates back to about 1572. The word was adopted to replace the term "biting flies" to prevent confusion with the house fly. It is derived from the word fly (Latin musca, cf. Skt maksh) and is related to the Italian moschetta and the French moustique. Mosquitoes were originally called "les moucherons" or "les cousins" by French writers, "Stechmücken" or "Schnaken" by Germans, "mygg" and "mygga" by Scandinavians, and "κώνωψ" (konops) by the ancient Greeks. The Scandinavian word is related to the Modern Greek word "μύγα" (myga) for the housefly. The Icelandic "mý" mostly stands for biting midges or non-biting chironomids, as there are no mosquitos in Iceland. Aristotle referred to mosquitoes in 300 B.C. as "empis". == ==

What are similarities between the Paramecium and Amoeba?

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*they are all animal like protists

*they can move on their own

*they feed on other animal like and plant like organisms

How do Amoebas help humans?

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they help in soil formation,help in human body.etc

What are special features for protists?

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Protists are simple microorganisms. They are unicellular or multicellular, but without specialized cells. They live in aquatic environments. they include fungi, plants, animals, bacteria, and archaea.

Why do algae and fungi shift to the sexual mode of reproduction before the onset of unfavorable conditions?

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due to unfavourable conditions they may not be able to go through asexual reproduction,so to providi resistance againsts these conditions they under go sexual reproduction.here there comes diversity and variationswhere genes become strong and can live,survive through these conditions

How do protist make food?

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What are the three main sub-classificationor types of protists?

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animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like.

How does amoeba feed?

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Wiv its mouth

Heterotrophic protists are called?

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Protists are eukaryotes and live in water or in watery tissues of organisms. Some protists resemble plants in that they produce their own food by photosynthesis, while others resemble animals in consuming organic matter for food. Protist cells are often structurally much more elaborate than the cells of multicellular plants and animals. Protists include the protozoans, most algae, diatoms, oomycetes, and the slime molds. Also called protoctist. Heterotrophic protists are the ones that need to feed on other organic matter. They Cannot produce their own food via photosynthesis or other internal chemical reactions.

Where does the amoeba and the paramecium live?

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Algae, dead animal matter, dead plant matter, and organisms smaller then they are!! Hope this helps :)

Do Plasmodium reproduce through multiple fission or sporulation?

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sexual reproduction takes place in plasmodim vivax.after the erythrocytic phase some merozoites on entering the RBC develop into sexually differentiating forms called gamatocytes.these are two types male gamatocytes and female gamatocytes.when female anapheles mosquito bites a person suffering from malaria these gamatocytes enter into the crop of the mosquito.in malegamatocyte the nucleus divide into 8 daughter nuclei and 8 flagellated processes appear on the cytoplasm.each nuclear bit passes into each of these cytoplasmic extentionsand forms a male gamate.this process is called exflagellation. femalegamatocyte undergo maturation to form female gamate.the nucleus moves towards pheriphery and cytoplasm forms a projection at that point.this projection is called fertilisation cone.fertilisation;the malegamate keep on actively lashing movement.one of these come in contact with the fertilisation cone of female gamate and enter into it.the pronucleus of male gamate fuses with female gamate.as fusing gamates are dissimilar in form this fusion is described as anisogamy.this result's in fomation of spherical zygote.so plasmodium vivax reproduces sexually

Is Golgi appartus present in paramecium?

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A paramecium is a single-celled organism, with its own set of organelles. It lacks most of the organelles most cells in humans and other multicellular creatures, including the golgi body.

Is amoeba a protist?

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No, it is not. An example of a common fungus is the yeast organism which causes thrush and diaper rash (diaper dermatitis). Fungi are also used for the development of antibiotics, antitoxins, and other drugs used to control various human diseases.

Which protists are hetertrophs?

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Protozoans are heterotropic organisms.Algae are photosynthetic protists.

Diatoms have double shells made of what?

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What kind of environment do paramecium live in?

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Aquatic environment. (ponds, lakes, streams, reservoirs, scums)

What structures provide locomotion in paramecium?

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Paramecium contain cilia (hair like growth), all around their cell that helps them to move.