Protists 19.2-19.3 Assessment

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

• They both have photosynthetic pigments

• They are both motile

• They are both heterotrophic

• They are both decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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.

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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

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Which picture is a picture of (a) Diatom(s)?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

An organism like algae, diatoms, and Euglena that can make its own food and oxygen

• chloroplast

• autotroph

• protozoan

• eukaryotic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Two types of fungus like slime molds are; cellular and_______________.

• algal

• plasmodial

• Mullerian

• stromal

This protist is bioluminescent and makes neurotoxins when it causes red tide.

• trypanosoma
• plasmodium
• dinoflagellate
• gracilis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3