B11 Biodiversity (4) - Protists and fungi

What kind of environment do most protists live in?

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

• Marine

• Aerial

What role do photosynthetic protists play in aquatic ecosystems?

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Parasites

The disease beaver fever is caused by

• Giardia lambila

• Plasmodium

• Cyanobacteria

• Nori

What is the evidence for endosymbiont theory?

• All eukaryotes have organelles

• No prokaryotes have organelles

• Mitochondria have a single membrane

• Mitochondria have a double membrane

Endosymbiont theory states that:

• Chloroplasts are in all eukaryotes

• Mitochondria and chloroplasts arose from engulfed prokaryotes

• Mitochondria are derived from simple eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes often engulf eukaryotes

True or false: you can remove a chloroplast from a eukaryote and have it live on its own

• True

• False

Kingdom Protista is organized by

• Ancestry

• Evolutionary relationships

• Tradition

• Similarity of all species to plants

You see a protist under a microscope. It has chloroplasts, 2 flagella, and is covered by stiff proteins. It likely belongs to what group?

• Ciliates

• Apicomplexa

• Euglenoids

• Diatoms

What special adaptation do brown algae have to help them acquire energy?

• They have mitochondria

• They have air bladders to float

• They have a symbiotic association with an animal

• They have a symbiotic relationship with a fungi

Which of the following is not an role played by fungi?

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Disease

• Symbiotic association with other groups