Protist Quiz

The spores that fungus-like protist produce:

• Live in moist environments
• Grow into new organisms
• Form Pseudopods

Plant-like protist must have cell walls. 

• True
• False

Which of the following is not a type of protist?

• Plant-like
• Animal-like
• Organism-like
• Fungus-like

A member of a group of eukaryotic organisms, which have a membrane-bound nucleus, is know as:

• Protist
• Fungus
• Algae
• Diatom

Some organisms cannot produce their own food and must find it elsewhere to survive. They are know as:

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs
• Ambiotrophs

What are short, hairlike structures that grow on the surface of some protists?

• Cilia
• Paramecium
• Amoeba

What animal-like protist can act like a parasite, thus causing diseases?

• Protozoans
• Diatoms
• Algae

A plant-like protist is capable of producing its own food through photosynthesis. 

• True
• False

A microscopic, plant-like protist with a hard outer wall is known as a:

• Diatom
• Alga
• Dinoflagellates

Animal-like and plant-like protist are the same in that: 

• They both have flagella to help them move
• They are both autotrophs
• None of the above