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Protist Characteristics

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this protist?
a)
Euglena 
b)
Amoeba 
c)
Paramecium 
d)
Volvox
2.
Name this protist?
a)
Amoeba
b)
Euglena
c)
Paramecium 
d)
Volvox
3.
Reproduction without the use of sex cells is called what? 
a)
Sexual Repoduction
b)
Asexual Reporduction
4.
How does this protist move? 
a)
Flagellum
b)
Cilia 
c)
Pseudopods
5.
How does this protist move? 
a)
Cilia
b)
Pseudopods
c)
Flagellum 
6.
A protist that can not make its own food is called what? 
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph 
7.
A protist that can make its own food is called what? 
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
8.
Which protist has an oral groove and a gullet? 
a)
Paramecium 
b)
Volvox
c)
Amoeba 
d)
Euglena 
9.
Fine hairs that allow protist to move is called what? 
a)
Pseudopods 
b)
Euglena 
c)
Flagella 
d)
Cilia 
10.
What are the finger like projections called? 
a)
Flagella 
b)
Cilia 
c)
Pseudopods
d)
Veela 
11.
What type of cells are protists?
a)
Prokaryotic 
b)
Eukaryoitc 
12.
Animal-like protists are commonly called
a)
sporozoans
b)
algae
c)
protozoan
d)
parasites
13.
Most protists live
a)
on dry rocks
b)
in moist places
c)
in deserts
d)
in cold, dry climates
14.
This is a type of asexual reproduction where protists split into two, resulting in two genetically identical organisms.
a)
binary fission
b)
conjugation
c)
budding
d)
mitosis
15.

What is a flagellum?

a)

small hair-like structures

b)

the protists national flag

c)

a long whip-like tail

d)

"false-feet"

16.

which of the following descriptions applies to most protists?

a)

unicellular prokaryotes

b)

Unicellular eukaryotes

c)

multicellular prokaryotes

d)

multicellular bacteria

17.
If you wanted to find a colony of protists, where might you look?
a)
Forest
b)
Desert
c)
Mountain
d)
Pond
18.
Protists obtain food by 
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
c)
Autotroph & Heterotroph
d)
Sigotrophs
19.

Which type of protists are termed decomposers?

a)

Fungus-like protists

b)

plant like protists

c)

Algae

d)

protozoa