protists

What is the name for an organism that can produce its own food?

• heterotroph
• autotroph
• amoeba
• eukaryotic

What is the name of an organism that cannot produce its own food and must get it from another source?

• prokaryotic
• eukaryotic
• autotroph
• heterotroph

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What is the name of the structure shown in the model?

• cilia
• flagella
• amoeba
• pseudopod 

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Many protists, particularly flagellates, use a _________ to regulate how much water they have in their cell.

• contractile vacuole
• food vacuole
• gullet
• mitochondria

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What organism uses the pseudopod for both movement and capturing its food?

• amoeba
• paramecium
• volvox
• pretzel mold

What does it mean when a protist is autotrophic?

• It can make its own food through photosynthesis.
• It depends on other organisms for food.
• It must absorb other organisms for energy.
• It is a predator and hunts other organisms for food

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Members of the Kingdom Protista have _____.

• membrane-bound organelles

• a wide variety of sizes and shapes

• one or many cells

• all of these

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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

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