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WorksheetsBacteria Protist Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Antibiotics can be used to fight:
Bacteria
Viruses
Protist
All of the above
Scientists think prokaryotes began inhabiting the Earth:
3.5 Thousand years ago
3.5 years ago
3.5 million years ago
3.5 billion years ago
Which of the following is NOT a common shape of prokaryotes?
Cocci
Bacilli
Triangular
Spiral
Which of the following is NOT true regarding a prokaryotic cell wall?
Cell walls are the same on all bacteria
Cell walls maintain cell shape
Cell walls protect the cell
Cell walls prevent the cells from bursting in a hypotonic environment
Which of the following is true regarding capsules of prokaryotic cells?
Are found in metabolically inactive cells
Allow prokaryotes to exchange DNA
Are long protein appendages that allow them to stick to other individuals in a colony
Can protect the cell against dehydration or the hosts immune response
Antibiotics always work and will kill bacteria forever.
True
False
Prokaryotes (Bacteria) can live in what kinds of environments?
Acidic
Salty
Cold
They can live in all of these conditions and more
A symbiotic association between a bacteria and an animal is:
Bacteria in human intestines
Tuberculosis
Lyme Disease
Strep Throat
Bacteria serve as decomposers breaking down dead organisms and waste products
True
False
The informal name of the group of mostly unicellular eukaryotes is:
Plants
Animals
Protists
Bacteria
Protists are prokaryotes.
True
False
Protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition are:
Mixotrophs
Photoautotrophs
Heterographs
Mutualists
Unicellular algae with a unique glass-like wall of silicon dioxide are:
Euglenids
Stramenopiles
Diatoms
Golden algae
The apicomplexan that causes malaria is:
Brown algae
Ergots
Amoebas
Plasmodium
Pseudopodia means:
False foot
False teeth
True foot
True teeth
The parasitic protist that causes fish kills is:
Plasmodium
Pfiesteria shumwayae
Phytophthora infestans
Golden algae
Some protists are producers. This means they:
Degrade nonliving material
Obtain energy from the sun and produce food
Absorb their nutrients
Are heterotrophic
