Chapter 20: Protists and Fungi

The paramecium's cilia help the organism

• form a shell

• control internal water levels

• exchange genetic material

• swim and capture food

Which of the following is a protozoan?

• amoeba

• bread mold

• red algae

• dinoflagellate

The term protozoa is generally used to describe

• animal-like protists

• plantlike protists

• funguslike protists

• bacteria-like protists

Giardia infections are the result of humans coming into contact with

• mosquito bites

• contaminated food

• contaminated water

• tse tse flies

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

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

• bioluminescent and armored

• photosynthetic and motile

• aquatic and land-based

• single-celled and multicellular

Approximately 90 percent of dinoflagellates are

• bioluminescent protists

• marine plankton

• desert dwellers

• freshwater species

A type of protist that has two tails and includes organisms that can provide nutrients for corals, as well as organisms that can cause toxidc red tides, is called a(n)

• euglenoid

• diatom

• dinoflagellate

• paramecium

Fungal cell walls are made of

• cellulose

• agar

• chitin

• cilia

Green algae are most closely related to

• other algae

• plants

• bacteria

• fungi