Quiz on Unicellular Eukaryotic Parasites

What are protists?

• Large, multicellular organisms

• Microscopic, eukaryotic organisms

• Single-celled prokaryotic organisms

• Inorganic molecular structures

Into how many categories are protists historically divided?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which of the following is NOT a category of protists?

• Animal-like

• Plant-like

• Fungus-like

• Bacteria-like

Protists are known to live in which type of ecosystems?

• Only in aquatic ecosystems

• Only in terrestrial ecosystems

• In a wide variety of ecosystems

• Exclusively in extreme environments

What are the two types of reproduction processes depicted in the Eimeria life cycle?

• Binary fission and mitosis

• Sexual gametogony and asexual schizogony

• Meiosis and binary fission

• Mitosis and meiosis

Which structure is found in both Paramecium and Amoeba but not in Euglena?

• Flagellum

• Cilia

• Contractile vacuole

• Pseudopods

What is the mode of locomotion in Euglena?

• Cilia

• Pseudopods

• Flagellum

• Cytoproct

Which of the following organisms uses pseudopods for movement?

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Euglena

• None of the above

What is the function of cilia in Paramecium?

• Digestion

• Reproduction

• Locomotion

• Respiration

What does it mean when protists are described as polyphyletic?

• They all have a shared evolutionary history.

• They lack a shared evolutionary history.

• They are all from the same geographical location.

• They are a small group of similar organisms.