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Bacteria Protist Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Antibiotics can be used to fight:

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

Protist

d)

All of the above

2.

Scientists think prokaryotes began inhabiting the Earth:

a)

3.5 Thousand years ago

b)

3.5 years ago

c)

3.5 million years ago

d)

3.5 billion years ago

3.

Which of the following is NOT a common shape of prokaryotes?

a)

Cocci

b)

Bacilli

c)

Triangular

d)

Spiral

4.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding a prokaryotic cell wall?

a)

Cell walls are the same on all bacteria

b)

Cell walls maintain cell shape

c)

Cell walls protect the cell

d)

Cell walls prevent the cells from bursting in a hypotonic environment

5.

Which of the following is true regarding capsules of prokaryotic cells?

a)

Are found in metabolically inactive cells

b)

Allow prokaryotes to exchange DNA

c)

Are long protein appendages that allow them to stick to other individuals in a colony

d)

Can protect the cell against dehydration or the hosts immune response

6.

Antibiotics always work and will kill bacteria forever.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Prokaryotes (Bacteria) can live in what kinds of environments?

a)

Acidic

b)

Salty

c)

Cold

d)

They can live in all of these conditions and more

8.

A symbiotic association between a bacteria and an animal is:

a)

Bacteria in human intestines

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Lyme Disease

d)

Strep Throat

9.

Bacteria serve as decomposers breaking down dead organisms and waste products

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The informal name of the group of mostly unicellular eukaryotes is:

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Protists

d)

Bacteria

11.

Protists are prokaryotes.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition are:

a)

Mixotrophs

b)

Photoautotrophs

c)

Heterographs

d)

Mutualists

13.

Unicellular algae with a unique glass-like wall of silicon dioxide are:

a)

Euglenids

b)

Stramenopiles

c)

Diatoms

d)

Golden algae

14.

The apicomplexan that causes malaria is:

a)

Brown algae

b)

Ergots

c)

Amoebas

d)

Plasmodium

15.

Pseudopodia means:

a)

False foot

b)

False teeth

c)

True foot

d)

True teeth

16.

The parasitic protist that causes fish kills is:

a)

Plasmodium

b)

Pfiesteria shumwayae

c)

Phytophthora infestans

d)

Golden algae

17.

Some protists are producers. This means they:

a)

Degrade nonliving material

b)

Obtain energy from the sun and produce food

c)

Absorb their nutrients

d)

Are heterotrophic