Volvox Quiz

Why do volvox need eyespots to sense light?

• It allows them to move through their environment

• It allows them to sense light

• It allows them to move

• Volvox do not have eyespots

Which Kingdom are Volvox in?

• Animal

• Plant

• Protista

• Fungi

What organelle is water absorbed through?

• Cell membrane

• contractile vacuole

• cytoplasm

• nuclei

What does autotrophic mean?

• The organism can produce its own food.

• The organism needs to eat others in order to survive.

• The organism breaks down decaying matter.

How do volvox reproduce?

• The colony splits into two

• The colony creates daughter colonies inside and the daughter coloniesburst out when ready.

• They use the process of sexual reproduction

• They use asexual reproduction and the daughter colony forms right beside the mother colony.

How many individual cells make up a volvox colony?

• 50 to 500

• 500 to 50,000

• 50,000 to 500,0000

• 500,000 to 5,000,000

True or false: If one cell in the volvox colony dies, then the entire colony will die.

• True

• False

What does the volvox colony use to move?

• Cilia

• Flagella

• Pseudopodia

• Nothing because it is algae

Volvox are

• Unicellular

• Multicellular

The dark greens spots inside the colony are?

• eyespots

• daughter colonies

• cytoplasm

• vacuoles