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Kingdom Protista and Fungi

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
These protists ingest or absorb organisms for food after capturing it
a)
Fungus-like 
b)
Plant-like
c)
Animal-like
d)
Autotrophic
2.

What hair-like structure do paramecium have to help them move through their watery environment?

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Pseudopod

d)

False foot

3.
These protists obtain their food by external digestion either as decomposers or as parasites.
a)
Fungus-like 
b)
Plant-like
c)
Animal-like
d)
Symbiotic
4.
What structure do amoebas have to help them move through their watery environment?
a)
Cilia
b)
Flagella
c)
Pseudopod
d)
Hair-like
5.
Which protists are able to produce food through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
Fungus-like 
b)
Plant-like
c)
Animal-like
d)
Autotrophic
6.
Which group of fungi obtain their energy from dead, decaying organic matter?
a)
Saprophytic
b)
Parasitic
c)
 Cilia
d)
Symbiotic
7.
Fungi obtain water and nutrients through hyphae.  What are hyphae?
a)
Hair-like structures to gather food in water environments
b)
Structures that help fungi to gather light.
c)
Structures that produce spores.
d)
Fibrous strands that will grow toward food or water.
8.
A collective mass of hyphae are referred to as ------------
a)
Parasitic
b)
Fruiting
c)
Mycelium
d)
Spores
9.
What term is used for fungi that feed on living organisms but cause harm to the organism?
a)
Saprophytic
b)
Parasitic
c)
Cilia
d)
ymbiotic
10.

Fungi are classified by

a)

their size

b)

their shape

c)

how they reproduce

d)

how they get their food

11.

Yeast is a type of

a)

mold

b)

fungus

c)

bacteria

d)

protist

12.

Algae are classified as

a)

protists

b)

fungi

c)

lichens

d)

plants

13.
Where do protists live?
a)
dry environments
b)
moist environments
c)
leafy environments
d)
rocky environments
14.
Which organism moves with cilia?
a)
paramecium
b)
euglena
c)
amoeba
d)
fungi
15.

What do fungi have in common with animals?

a)

they are autotrophs

b)

they are heterotrophs

c)

they have cell walls

d)

they use spores to reproduce

16.

A structure formed when fungi and certain other photosynthetic organisms grow together

a)

Mycelium

b)

Lichen

c)

Mycorrhiza

d)

Algae

17.
"Algae" is a general term used to describe _____________ - like protists.
a)
Plant
b)
Fungi
c)
Animal
d)
Bacteria
18.
Amoeba is an example of which type of protist?
a)
Animal-like protists
b)
Plant-like protists
c)
Fungi-like protists
d)
Bacteria-like protists
19.
Which protist organelle, seen in the image of a paramecium, removes excess water from the organism/cell?
a)
Contractile Vacuole
b)
Macronucleus
c)
Cilia
d)
Food Vacuole
20.
True or False: Kingdom Protista belongs to the Domain Eukarya.
a)
True
b)
False
21.

The Kingdom Protista includes

a)

eukaryote

b)

unicellular and multicellular organism

c)

not a plant, animal or fungus

d)

all of the choices

22.

Algae are not considered as plant even though they are autotrophic because

a)

they lack true roots, stems and leaves

b)

do not have a cuticle

c)

do not have multicellular gametangia

d)

all of the choices

23.
Fungi are made up of filaments known as _________, which allow the fungus to digest substances and absorb nutrients.
a)
Hyphae
b)
Spores
c)
Roots
d)
Fruiting Bodies
24.
What is the above-ground, reproductive structure produced by fungi?
a)
Fruiting body
b)
Hyphae
c)
Mycelium
d)
Chitin
25.
The cells walls of fungi are made of a chemical compound known as ____________.
a)
Chitin
b)
Cellulose
c)
Phospholipid Bilayer
d)
Calcium Carbonate
26.
Which of the following best describes how fungi obtain their nutrition and energy?
a)
Digest --> Ingest
b)
Ingest --> Digest
c)
Photosynthesi
d)
Autotrophic
27.
Certain fungi exists in mutualistic relationships with plants, wrapping around the roots of the plant. This increases the surface area of the plant roots and allows them to absorb more nutrients. Fungi in this relationship are known as _____________.
a)
Mychorrizae
b)
Lichen
c)
Diatoms
d)
Bracket Fungi
28.
Parasitic fungi, such as Athlete's Foot and ringworm, are unique because they decompose _____________ cells of organisms.
a)
Living
b)
Dead
c)
Decaying
d)
Blood
29.
Lichens are ________ and photosynthetic _____________ in a mutualistic relationship with one another.
a)
Fungi and Algae
b)
Fungi and Plants
c)
Plants and Algae
d)
Animals and Plants
30.

The fungi phylum that produces sexual spores in microscopic sac-like structure is called

a)

Ascomycota

b)

Zygomycota

c)

Basidiomycota

d)

Chordata

31.
What is the tangled, underground network of hyphae that makes up the largest portion of a fungus?
a)
Mycelium
b)
Basidia
c)
Gills
d)
Fruiting Body
32.
Fungi are classified into three common phyla based on their:
a)
Taste
b)
Mycelium
c)
Smell
d)
Reproductive Structures
33.
What phyla do the "Zygote" fungi belong to?
a)
Zygomycota
b)
Ascomycota
c)
Basidiomycota
d)
Chytridiomycota
34.
What phyla do the "club-shaped" fungi belong to?
a)
Zygomycota
b)
Ascomycota
c)
Basidiomycota
d)
Chytridiomycota
35.
What phyla do the "sac-like" fungi belong to?
a)
Zygomycota
b)
Ascomycota
c)
Basidiomycota
d)
Chytridiomycota