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Bacteria/Protists/Fungi

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are MOST fungi...

a)

unicellular

b)

multicellular

2.

What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?

a)

coccus = sphere, bacilli = rod shaped, spirillum = spiral

b)

coccus = spiral, bacilli = rod shaped, spirillum = sphere

c)

flagella, cilia, pseudopods

d)

coccus = rod shaped, bacilli = spiral, spirillum = sphere

3.

Why are fungi (and bacteria) so important to our world and environment?

a)

they make food

b)

they go through photosynthesis

c)

they decompose waste

d)

most of them make medicine

4.

Which kingdom has organisms that are mostly one celled called algae, protozoans, and slime molds?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Protista

5.

What is the reproductive cell that all fungi produce?

a)

seeds

b)

algae

c)

spores

d)

basidium

6.

Which of the following protists perform photosynthesis (plantlike)? Choose all that apply!

a)

euglena

b)

diatom

c)

green algae

d)

amoeba

e)

paramecium

7.

Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes (don't have a nucleus)? Choose any that apply.

a)

Virus

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

d)

Protist

8.

How does an amoeba move?

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopods

c)

flagella

d)

it doesn't move

9.

How does a paramecium move?

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopods

c)

flagella

d)

it doesn't move

10.

How does a euglena move? (remember it has the eyespot)

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopods

c)

flagella

d)

it doesn't move

11.

What are some helpful things bacteria can do? Choose all that apply.

a)

decompose waste

b)

make medicine

c)

make food

d)

make you sick

12.

When a sporangium or basidium in a fungus splits open, what is released and spreads in the environment?

a)

seeds

b)

spores

c)

hyphae

d)

viruses

13.

What are fungi lacking which causes them not to be able to make their own food?

a)

chlorophyll

b)

hyphae

c)

spores

d)

nucleus

14.

What is penicillin an example of?

a)

bacteria

b)

protist

c)

fungus

d)

virus

15.

What caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s?

a)

water mold

b)

slime mold

c)

downy mildew

d)

a fungus

16.

Which type of protist is a brown algae?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

17.

Which type of protist is a ciliate (ex. paramecium)?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

18.

Which type of protist is a flagellate (like the one that causes malaria)?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

19.

Which type of protist is a slime mold?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

20.

Which type of protist is a dinoflagellates?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

21.

Which type of protist is a downy mildew?

a)

plant like

b)

animal like

c)

fungus like

22.

Which type of fungus is fuzzy black mold?

a)

club fungi

b)

imperfect fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

zygote fungi

23.

Which type of fungus is a mushroom?

a)

club fungi

b)

imperfect fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

zygote fungi

24.

Which type of fungus is a yeast cell?

a)

club fungi

b)

imperfect fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

zygote fungi

25.

Which type of fungus is penicillin?

a)

club fungi

b)

imperfect fungi

c)

sac fungi

d)

zygote fungi

26.

What kingdom belongs to organisms that are found in extreme environments (like hot springs or salty lakes) and lack certain substances found in other bacteria?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

e)

Virus

27.

What kingdom belongs to the more common bacteria like ones that make food such as yogurt and ones cause diseases like strep throat?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

e)

Virus

28.

What kingdom has amoebas, euglenas, slime molds, and parameciums in it?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

e)

Virus

29.

Which word describes something that can only reproduce if it takes over a living cell?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

e)

Virus

30.

What is only made of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and a protein coat?

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

protist

d)

fungus

31.

What's the term for an animal-like protist?

a)

protozoan

b)

algae

c)

mold

d)

flagella

32.

What's the term for an plant-like protist?

a)

protozoan

b)

algae

c)

mold

d)

flagella

33.

What is a long whip like tail that helps a protist or bacterium move?

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopods

c)

flagella

d)

spore

34.

What are tiny hairlike projections that helps a protist move?

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopods

c)

flagella

d)

spore

35.

What is a club shaped structure on club fungi where spores are produced?

a)

sporangium

b)

basidium

c)

cap

d)

flagella

36.

What word is a fungus and algae living together and helping each other out? (hint deer eat it and they help break down rocks)

a)

lichen

b)

saprophyte

c)

mycorrhizae

d)

protozoan

37.

What word is a fungus that feeds off dead organisms?

a)

lichen

b)

saprophyte

c)

mycorrhizae

d)

protozoan

38.

What is the way that bacteria reproduce?

a)

fission

b)

interferon

c)

sexually

d)

antiobiotic

39.

What is shot called that helps your body prepare to fight off a virus or bacteria?

a)

vaccine

b)

antibiotic

c)

interferon

d)

medicine

40.

What is a chemical in your body that blocks viruses from attacking nearby healthy cells?

a)

vaccine

b)

antibiotic

c)

interferon

d)

medicine