Biology Chapter 19 - Protists and Fungi

The paramecium’s cilia help the organism

• Form a shell

• Control internal water levels

• Exchange genetic material

• Swim and capture food

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The term Protozoa is generally used to describe

• Animal-like protists

• Plant-like protists

• Fungus-like protists

• Bacteria-like protists

Plantlike protists have which of the following traits in common with plants?

• They both have chlorophyll

• They are both motile

• They are both heterotrophic

• They are both decomposers

Approximately 90% of dinoflagellates are...

• Bioluminescent protists

• Marine plankton

• Desert dwellers

• Freshwater species

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Fungal cell walls are made of...

• Cellulose

• Agar

• Chitin

• Cilia

In the figure, which structures in the amoeba are temporarily extended to form the structure labeled E?

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• A and D

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In the figure, what does “E” enable an amoeba to do?

• Move and capture food

• Create and exchange genetic material

• Store and regulate water

• Make and store energy

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Which of the following organisms move by the use of pseudopods?

• Zooflagellates

• Forminifera

• Paramecia

• Algae

Agar, which is used as a thickening agent in the production of ice cream, comes from...

• Dinoflagellates

• Fungi

• Euglenoids

• Red Algae

Slime molds are fungus like protists, but they are not fungi. Why?

• They are decomposers.

• They can move.

• They contain chlorophyll.

• They have a stem.

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