Protists Test

Almost all Animal like protists are classified as:

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs
• Omnivores
• Saprophytes

What is the scientific name for animal like protists?

• Protozoa
• Sporozoans
• Diatoms
• Fungi

What is a Pseudopod

• Tiny hair like projections that come off an organism
• A tail like structure that helps an amoeba move
• An extension of cytoplasm that helps an amoeba move
• The capsule that holds spores of sporozoan

Unsanitary areas where Amoebas can get in food or drink can give humans this disease:

• Malaria
• Toxins
• Dysentery
• Sleeping Sickness

An animal like protist that uses cilia to move around is called:

• Paramecium
• Amoeba
• Sporozoan
• Slime Mold

Tiny Hair like projections that are on the outside of an organism to help them move and consume food

• Flagella
• Pseudopod
• Spikes
• Cilia

Zooflagellates can have 1-8 of these, giving them their name

• Cilia
• Spores
• Air Bladders
• Flagella

Ciliates tend to have 2 of the same structures, one that is small and one that is large

• Nuclei
• Mitochondria
• Golgi Body
• Ribosomes

A majority of protists can be found in what environment?

• Soil
• Rock
• Aquatic
• Inside other organisms

What kind of organism is a protist?

• Unicellular
• Multicellular