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Protozoa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the protozoa shown here?

a)

Radiolarian Spaerostulus

b)

Giardia lamblia

c)

Difflugia oblongata

d)

Ciliophora Paramecium

2.

Which of these protozoan diseases results in intestinal stress and diarrhea?

a)

African Sleeping Sickness

b)

Giardiasis

c)

Trichomoniasis

d)

Malaria

3.

This protozoan can have many flagella, and cause of human genital tract diseases

a)

Euglena gracilis

b)

Amoeba proteus

c)

Trichomonas vaginalis

d)

Dinoflagelata Gymnodinium

4.

Which of these protozoan diseases is caused by an Excavata member that has a two-host life cycle with the Tsetse fly?

a)

African Sleeping Sickness

b)

Giardiasis

c)

Trichomoniasis

d)

Malaria

5.

Which of the following are key characteristics of the supergroup Amoebozoa?

a)

Cilia and Phagocytosis

b)

Cilia and a Cytosome

c)

Flagella and a Cytosome

d)

Pseudopodia and Phagocytosis

6.

This protozoan has a two stage life cycle in which one is called a cyst, and causes dysentery.

a)

Entamoeba histolytica

b)

Typanosoma brucei

c)

Foraminiferan Polystomella

d)

Apicomplexa Plasmodium

7.

This protozoan has an apical complex that it uses to enter host cells and follows a parasitic lifestyle

a)

Euglena gracilis

b)

Apicomplexa Plasmodium

c)

Difflugia oblongata

d)

Typanosoma brucei

8.

This protozoan has many cilia, a complex cell structure, and a distinct cytosome.

a)

Giardia intestinalis

b)

Foraminiferan Polystomella

c)

Trichomonas vaginalis

d)

Paramecium caudatum

9.

Which of the following applies to all members of kingdom Protista?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

motile

d)

autotrophic

10.

Members of the genus Euglena do NOT contain which of the following?

a)

cell walls

b)

chlorophyll

c)

two flagella

d)

chloroplast

11.

What structure in amoebas aids in phagocytosis?

a)

cilia

b)

flagella

c)

pseudopodia

d)

none of the above

12.

In Paramecia, the body is covered with which of the following?

a)

conjugation

b)

pellicle

c)

pseudopodia

d)

cell wall

13.

Members of the phylum Sporozoa are exclusively:

a)

autotrophs

b)

marine

c)

parasites

d)

all of the above

14.

Plasmodium is the causative agent of which disease?

a)

malaria

b)

pneumonia

c)

toxoplasmosis

d)

dengue

15.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of protozoa (animal-like protists)?

a)

many protozoa move around in their environment

b)

they are heterotrophs

c)

they have a cell wall

d)

they are unicellular

16.

Which protist is pictured?

a)

Euglena

b)

Paramecium

c)

Amoeba

d)

Giardia

17.

Which of the following are true of protozoa? (multiple answers possible)

a)

heterotrophic

b)

have a cell wall

c)

prokaryotic

d)

unicellular

18.

Which of the following are structures found in Euglena species? (multiple answers possible)

a)

nucleus

b)

chloroplasts

c)

flagellum

d)

eyespot (stigma)

19.

Which amoeba cell structure collects excess water from the cytoplasm and expels it from the cell?

a)

oral groove

b)

pseudopod

c)

food vacuole

d)

contractile vacuole

20.

Which amoeba structure forms when the cytoplasm flows toward one location of the cell membrane and the rest of the amoeba follows?

a)

food vacuole

b)

pseudopod

c)

contractile vacuole

d)

pellicle