Protist Assessment

The paramecium’s cilia help the organism

• Form a shell

• Control internal water levels

• Exchange genetic material

• Swim and capture food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following is Protozoa?

• Amoeba

• Bread Mold

• Red Algae

• Dinoflagellate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Most euglenoids are plantlike and animal-like because they can be both...

• Bioluminescent and armored

• Photosynthetic and heterotrophic

• Aquatic and land-based

• Single-celled and multicellular

A type of protist that has two tails and includes organisms that can provide nutrients for corals as well as organisms that can cause toxic red tides is called....

• Euglenoid

• Diatom

• Dinoflagellate

• Paramecium

According to RNA sequence analysis, green algae are more closely related to...

• Other algae

• Plants

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

In the amoeba pictured, what are the structures labeled D?

• Contractile Vacuoles

• Mitochondria

• Pseudopods

• Food Vacuoles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2