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Ciliophora & sporozoa (Protozoa)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ovoid body with many oblique rows of cilia,incospicuous mouth & cytopharynx,

lives in human cecum and colon, may cause balantidial dysentry

form cysts in the host feeces.

a)

Balatidium sp

b)

didinium sp

c)

Ephelota sp

d)

Paramecium sp

2.

ovoid body, anterior flattened with central projecting cone,

two ciliary bands around the body,

carnivorous, eats only paramecium.

a)

Didinium sp

b)

Balantidium sp

c)

Ephelota

d)

Paramecium

3.

ovoid body, has piercing and sucking tentacles

macronucleus is highly branched, reproduction by external budding.

a)

Ephelota sp

b)

Balantidium sp

c)

Didinium sp

d)

Paramecium sp

4.

slipper like animal, anterior end is blunt and posterior pointed,

cysytome(mouth) is situated near oral grove end,

cilia are arranged all over the surface,pellicle is present

2 contractile vacuoles

a)

Paramecium sp

b)

Ephelota sp

c)

Didinium sp

d)

Balantidium sp

5.

has a bell shaped body attached to a stalk, stalk contain contractile fibril(myoneme)

mouth is located anteriorly with cilia surrounding it,

No cilia cover the protozoan body.

a)

Vorticella sp

b)

Paramecium sp

c)

Ephelota sp

d)

Didinium sp

6.

cone shaped body,uniformly ciliated, water vesicle is anterior

cilia spirally arranged around the mouth,

have beaded macronucleus, are omnivorous

a)

stentor sp

b)

Vorticella sp

c)

Ephelota sp

d)

Balantidium sp

7.

one of the larger ciliates, cylindrical body, somewhat flattened,

ectoplasm has strong myonemes which contract the body to 1/4 its length

feed on bacteria and small flagellates, water vesicle is rear

a)

spirostomum sp

b)

Stertor sp

c)

Ephelota sp

d)

Vorticella sp

8.

identify the genus

(a)  

9.

Identify the genus

(a)  

10.

identify the genus

(a)  

11.

identify the genus

(a)  

12.

identify the genus

(a)  

13.

identify the genus

(a)  

14.

is the most important protozoan-caused human disease.

a)

Malaria

b)

gambian disease

c)

Typhoid

15.

Sporozoites are passes to human by the bite of a .................., which is the vector.

a)

mosquito (Anopheles)

b)

Tse tse fly

c)

grasshopper

16.

............. invade red blood cells (RBC) and complete another round of multiplication within 48 –72 hours,

a)

merozoites

b)

sporozoites

c)

plasmodium

17.

.......... invade hepatocytes in the liver and over approximately one week, undergo asexual multiplication,

a)

sporozoites

b)

merozoites

c)

Plasmodium

18.

Some invading merozoites do not divide, but differentiate into male ...............and female ................. sexual forms.

a)

exflagellation microgametocyte, macrogametocyte

b)

macrogametocyte, exflagellation microgametocyte,

19.

identify the phylum

(a)  

20.

Identify the label parts

a)

A-cystostome

B-proboscisis

c-pectinella

D-Contractile vacuoles

E- Macronucleus

b)

A-cystostome

B-proboscisis

c-pectinella

D-Macronucleus

E- Contractile vacuoles

c)

A-proboscisis

B-cystostome

c-pectinella

D-Macronucleus

E- Contractile vacuoles

21.

feed on bacteria and small flagellates

a)

spirostomum sp

b)

Didinium sp

c)

Difflugia sp

d)

stentor sp

22.

Omnivorous (eating both animal and vegetable).

a)

stentor sp

b)

Didinium sp

c)

Difflugia sp

d)

spirostomum sp

23.

Carnivorous, eats only paramecium.

a)

Didinium sp

b)

stentor sp

c)

Difflugia sp

d)

spirostomum