Kingdom Protista Practice test

Which supergroup includes organisms with a feeding groove and often reduced or modified mitochondria?

• Archaeplastida

• Excavata

• SAR

• Unikonta

What is the distinguishing feature of kinetoplastids, a subgroup of Euglenozoans?

• Two nuclei

• A single large mitochondrion containing a kinetoplast

• Chloroplasts for photosynthesis

• Flattened vesicles under the membrane

Diatoms, important photosynthetic organisms, belong to which SAR subgroup?

• Stramenopiles

• Rhizarians

• Alveolates

• Amoebozoans

Which supergroup includes the lineage that gave rise to plants?

• SAR

• Excavata

• Unikonta

• Archaeplastida

What structural feature is unique to ciliates among alveolates?

• Thread-like pseudopodia

• Presence of macronucleus and micronucleus

• Crystalline rods in their flagella

• A silica-based skeleton

Foraminiferans (forams), a subgroup of Rhizarians, are distinguished by their:

• Cell walls made of cellulose

• Silica-based skeletons

• Porous shells made of calcium carbonate

• Flattened vesicles under their plasma membrane

Which of the following supergroups includes slime molds?

• SAR

• Excavata

• Unikonta

• Archaeplastida

The parasitic organism Plasmodium, which causes malaria, belongs to which group?

• Stramenopiles

• Apicomplexans

• Diplomonads

• Parabasalids

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Which of the following groups is characterized by flagella with hair-like projections?

• Rhizarians

• Alveolates

• Stramenopiles

• Diplomonads

What is a defining characteristic of red algae in Archaeplastida?

• Presence of chlorophyll b only

• Photosynthetic pigments including phycocerythrin

• Thread-like pseudopodia

• Silica-based cell walls