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plant like protists

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most important feature of algae is that it produces much of the earth's ____________ ?

a)

water

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon

d)

nitrogen

2.

All plantlike protists are similar to real plants in that they are all photosynthetic. True or False?

a)

true

b)

false

3.

A hazardous algal bloom can be caused by ?

a)

Too much oxygen in the water

b)

The dumping of raw sewage into the water.

c)

A large number of fish dying in the water.

d)

Too little oxygen in the water.

4.

One of the worst diseases that is caused by a protists (sporozoan) is ?

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

AIDS

c)

Malaria

d)

Bubonic plague

5.

What is the function of the chloroplast, as seen in the diagram of the euglena?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Detects light

c)

Movement

d)

Removes excess water

6.

What is the function of the flagella, as seen in the diagram of a euglena?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

movement

c)

detects light

d)

removes excess water

7.

What is the function of the eyespot, seen in the diagram of a euglena?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

movement

c)

detects light

d)

removes excess water

8.

Which of the following protists contain chloroplasts and are therefore autotrophic?

a)

Brown algae

b)

Amoeba

c)

Paramecium

d)

Slime Mold

9.

Algae is -----------

a)

non-flowering plant that lacks roots, stems, and vascular tissue

b)

single-celled

c)

a decomposer

d)

a pseudopod

10.

Bioluminescent cells with two unequal flagella are called

a)

Diatoms

b)

Dinoflagellates

c)

Spirogyra algae strands

d)

Golden algae

11.

How do we classify algae?

a)

According to where they live

b)

According to the type of cell they have

c)

According to how they move

d)

According to their color

12.

Which type of algae can grow in the deepest water depths?

a)

red algae

b)

brown algae

c)

golden algae

d)

green algae

13.

What phylum is green algae placed in?

a)

phaeophyta

b)

rhodophyta

c)

chrysophyta

d)

chlorophyta

14.

_________ cause poisonous red tides.

a)

dinoflagellates

b)

diatoms

c)

euglena

d)

rhodophyta

15.

A unicellular algae with cell walls filled with silica is called

a)

dinoflagellates

b)

red algae

c)

diatoms

d)

green algae

16.

How are protists different than bacteria?

a)

Protists are eukaryotic and bacteria are prokaryotic

b)

Protists are prokaryotic and bacteria are eukaryotic

c)

There is no difference; protists and bacteria are the same thing

d)

Protists are always unicellular and bacteria are always multicellular

17.

What is the difference between the two organisms in the photo?

a)

Euglena moves with cilia; amoeba move with pseudopodia.

b)

Euglena can be photosynthetic; ameoba is never photosynthetic.

c)

Euglena is bacterium; amoeba is protista.

d)

Euglena moves with a flagellum; amoeba is unable to move.

18.

multicellular algae reproduce by

a)

conjugation

b)

fragmentation

c)

budding

19.

The result of mitosis in sexual reproduction of chlamydomonas ---------

a)

zygote

b)

zygospore

c)

gametes

d)

haploid cells (1n)

20.

The dominant phase of the life cycle for Chlamydomonas

a)

diploid

b)

haploid