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Protista Quiz Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This protist moves by whipping its long flagella

a)

Amoeba

b)

Paramecium

c)

Green Algae

d)

Euglena

2.

The contractile vacuole is an organelle found in protist that maintains homeostasis by...

a)

cytoplasmic streaming

b)

detecting light with its red spot

c)

squeezing out excess water

d)

conjugation

3.

Identify the protist(s) that can reproduce asexually by a process called binary fission

a)

Amoeba

b)

Euglena

c)

Paramecium

d)

Slime mold

4.

The SubKingdom that contains the photosynthetic protists is called...

a)

Plantae

b)

Protista

c)

Algae

d)

Fungi

5.

When do protists form cysts?

a)

In times of environmental stress (harsh weather conditions)

b)

during reproduction

c)

after reproduction

d)

when ingesting food.

6.

Resistant "dormant stages" that enable protozoans to survive harsh weather conditions is called

a)

cilia

b)

gullet

c)

food vacuole

d)

cysts

7.

The type of sexual reproduction that paramecium perform is...

a)

Conjugation

b)

Binary fission

c)

Budding

d)

Gamete production

8.

The _______ moves by pseudopods and cytoplasmic streaming..

a)

Euglea

b)

Amoeba

c)

Paramecium

d)

Slime Mold

9.

The euglena is unique in that it is...

a)

autotrophic and heterotrophic

b)

autotrophic only

c)

heterotrophic only

d)

neither

10.

Fungus like protists are called..

a)

Euglena

b)

Amoeba

c)

Paramecium

d)

Slime Mold

11.

Animal-like protists

a)

Euglena and paramecium

b)

Paramecium and amoeba

c)

Amoeba and slime mold

d)

Slime Mold and euglena

12.

Plant-like protists

a)

Euglena

b)

Paramecium

c)

Amoeba

d)

Slime mold

13.

Scientists classify protists by ...

a)

how they swim : how they reproduce

b)

how they obtain nutrition : how they reproduce

c)

how they obtain nutrition : how they move (locomotion)

d)

all of the above

14.

This protist recycles sewage, waste, produces oxygen, and provides food for others

a)

phytoplankton

b)

plasmodium

c)

water mold

d)

trypanosoma

15.

This protist is responsible for the potato blight in Ireland causing one million people to starve to death and a mass migration out of the country.

a)

slime mold

b)

water mold

c)

amoeba

d)

euglena

16.

This protist is responsible for African Sleeping Sickness

a)

gardia

b)

N. Floweri

c)

plasmodium

d)

trypanosoma

17.

Characteristics of the Kingdom Protista include

a)

all multicellular

b)

all unicellular

c)

all prokaryotic

d)

all eukarytoic

18.

Unicellular Protists include (check all that apply)

a)

amoeba

b)

euglena

c)

paramecium

d)

green algae

19.

The paramecium move by using short hair like projections called ...

a)

flagella

b)

pseudopods

c)

cilia

d)

all of the above