Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134168296
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 5FTB
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The given blank space in the statement, “The plant diseases downy mildew and late blight are caused by protists in the _______ group. Slime molds are members of the ________ group.”
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The protists that infect humans and another organism belong to the group protozoan. Among the protozoans, the protist that causes late blight and downy mildew, belongs to the water mold group. The slime molds are the protists that secrete slime in order to protect themselves and they belong to the Amoebozoa group.
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Chapter 21 Solutions
Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
Ch. 21 - 1. Which of the following statements about...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21 - The organism that causes malaria belongs to which...Ch. 21 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21 - Prob. 1FTBCh. 21 - Prob. 2FTBCh. 21 - 3. Protist chloroplasts surrounded by four-layer...Ch. 21 - Prob. 4FTBCh. 21 - Prob. 5FTB
Ch. 21 - Prob. 6FTBCh. 21 - List the major differences between prokaryotes and...Ch. 21 - 2. What is secondary endosymbiosis?
Ch. 21 - Prob. 3RQCh. 21 - 4. What is the major ecological role played by...Ch. 21 - Which protist group consists entirely of parasitic...Ch. 21 - Which protist groups include seaweeds?Ch. 21 - Prob. 7RQCh. 21 - Prob. 1ACCh. 21 - Prob. 2AC
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