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[1103] Protozoans

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These protists rely on other organisms from the environment for their food.

a)

Heterotrophic

b)

Germaphobic

c)

Autotrophic

d)

Acrophobic

2.

(a)   are an example of heterotrophs.

3.

How many phyllas does Protozoans have?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

4.

______ uses their cilia for locomotion and for obtaining food.

a)

Fungus

b)

Ciliates

c)

Vacuole

d)

Paramecia

5.

______ is the most common ciliate which is shaped like a slipper.

a)

Amoebas

b)

Paramecium

c)

Spores

d)

Diatoms

6.

Water and other liquid wastes are expelled by other vacuoles named _______.

a)

Contractile Vacuole

b)

Waste Vacuole

c)

Projectile Vacuole

d)

End Vacuole

7.

Paramecia asexually reproduce by (a)   .

8.

Paramecia sexually reproduce by (a)   .

9.

________ is the type of relationship between 2 organisms that live together in a manner beneficial to both.

a)

Peace

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Partnership

d)

Civilization

10.

______ is part of the second phylum of protozoans named Sarcodina.

a)

Fungus

b)

Amoebas

c)

Flagella

d)

Paramecia

11.

(a)   are finger-like extensions of the amoebas cytoplasm that flow out from the cell.

12.

Pseudopodia aids the cell in movement, as well as in __________.

a)

Sleeping

b)

Catching prey

c)

Blending in

d)

Capturing food

13.

Amoebas uses enzymes to digest the food. this process is called _______ or "cell eating".

a)

Difussion

b)

Myosis

c)

Transfusion

d)

Phagocytosis

14.

_______ is the smallest phyla of protozoans.

a)

Mastigophora

b)

Sarcodina

c)

Sporozoa

d)

Ciliophora

15.

Plasmodium causes a disease called (a)   .

16.

Sporozoa are _______ that are not able to move by themselves but must depend on the hosts.

a)

Parasites

b)

Thieves

c)

Leeches

d)

Vultures

17.

Mastigopherans, which are also called _______, moves by means of one, two, or many flagella.

a)

Fungus

b)

Amoebas

c)

Paramecium

d)

Flagellates

18.

_______ eat wood but are unable to digest the cellulose contained in the wood.

a)

Leeches

b)

Termites

c)

Parasites

d)

Ants

19.

_________ lives in the blood of humans of animals and are carried from host to host by a tropical insect called the tsetse fly.

a)

Trypanosomes

b)

Malaria

c)

Lice

d)

Chromosomes

20.

________ lives in the termite's stomach and secretes an enzyme that breaks down the cellulose of wood so that the termite could absorb it.

a)

Glucose

b)

Triglyceride

c)

Gastric Juice

d)

Trichonympha