Protist Kingdom Biology 2

Downy mildew and water molds are similar to fungi in that they both

• resemble fungi

• decompose organic material

• absorb nutrients

• all of these

The plantlike protists that are the cause of red tides are ____.

• red algae

• dinoflagellates

• brown algae

• blue-green algae

Members of the Kingdom Protista have _____.

• membrane-bound organelles

• a wide variety of sizes and shapes

• one or many cells

• all of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which protist group produces most of the oxygen on Earth?

• diatoms

• algae

• water molds

• slime molds

An amoeba engulfs food by ______.

• using its oral groove and the action of cilia

• osmosis

• surrounding the food by pseudopodia

• forming cysts

A protozoan that moves by lashing one or more of its whiplike parts is a(n) ____.

• thallus

• sporozoan

• water mold

• flagellate

many protozoans are classified according to ______.

• their method of waste removal

• the way they move

• their method of reproduction

• their habitats

The fungus-like protists that produce a multi-nucleated glob of cytoplasm are the ____

• water molds

• plasmodial slime molds

• downy mildews

• cellular slime molds

The plant-like protists with delicate shells that make up a large proportion of the phytoplankton in fresh water ecosystems are ____.

• diatoms

• dinoflagellates

• sporozoans

• green algae

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Slime molds are said to be like animals during much of their life cycle because they _____.

• look like animals

• reproduce by making spores

• move about and engulf food

• grow on rotting trees or tree stumps