Protozoa

Which of the following are characteristics of protozoans (select all that apply)?

• They are eukaryotic

• They are typically unicellular

• They are animal-like

• They live in aquatic or moist environments and soils

Protozoa are ______________ .

• Autotrophic

• Heterotrophic

Protozoa are classified....

• According to their color

• According to their shape

• According to where they live

• According to how they move (if they move)

Malaria is a disease caused by a member of...

• phylum sporozoa

• phylum Zoomastigina

• phylum Ciliophora

• phylum Cercozoa

In this picture we can see a _____________________ because it moves using _________________ that surrounds it.

• Ciliate - cilia

• Flagellate - Flagella

• Rhizopoda - Pseudopods

• Sporozoans - spores

A whip like structure used for movement by single celled organisms

• Flagella
• Pseudopods
• Cilia
• Cytoplasm

A protozoan with pseudopods is a member of...

• phylum sporozoa

• phylum Zoomastigina

• phylum Ciliophora

• phylum Cercozoa

A protozoan with pseudopods is a member of...

• phylum sporozoa

• phylum Zoomastigina

• phylum Ciliophora

• phylum Cercozoa

Giardia Iamblia belongs to....

• phylum cercozoa

• phylum zoomastigina

• phylum sporozoa

• phylum ciliophora

Which of the following are correctly matched?

• paramecium - ciliophora

• Amoeba - Zoomastigina

• trychonympha - cercozoa

• Giardia - Sporozoa