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Protists

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What protist is this?

a)

Euglena

b)

Diatom

c)

Ciliate

2.

What type of protist is this? Look closely!

a)

Euglena

b)

Ciliate

c)

Dinoflagellate

3.

This protist causes red tide

a)

Euglenas

b)

Diatoms

c)

Dinoflagellates

d)

Ciliates

4.

What type of prostists are these?

a)

Ciliates

b)

Diatoms

c)

Euglena

5.

What type of protist is this? (It has a flagella)

a)

Diatom

b)

Dinoflagellate

c)

Ciliate

d)

Euglena

6.

What type of protist is this?

a)

Euglena

b)

Pseudopod

c)

Ciliate

d)

Dinoflagellate

7.

What type of protist is this?

a)

Pseudopod

b)

Dinoflagellate

c)

Flagellate

d)

Diatom

8.

What type of protist is this?

(malaria)

a)

Sporozoan

b)

Pseudopod

c)

Euglena

d)

Flagellate

9.

Is a sporozoan a protozoan?

a)

yes

b)

no

10.

Can sporozoans move?

a)

yes

b)

no

11.

How do sporozoans reproduce?

a)

asexual spores

b)

sexually (partner)

12.

What disease can a sporozoan cause?

a)

malaria

b)

african sleeping sickness

c)

COVID

13.

What is a spore?

4 lines
14.

Can sporozoans live inside other organisms?

a)

yes

b)

no

15.

Is a flagellate plant-like or animal-like?

a)

animal-like

b)

plant-like

16.

How do flagellates move?

a)

flagella

b)

cilia

17.

What disease can flagellates cause?

a)

malaria

b)

african sleeping sickness

c)

COVID

18.

Do flagellates have a cell wall?

a)

no

b)

yes

19.

Do flagellates make or find food?

a)

make

b)

find

20.

Do flagellates have a nucleus?

a)

yes

b)

no

21.

Are flagellates single-celled?

a)

yes

b)

no

22.

Give an example of a flagellate

a)

trypanosome

b)

sporozoan

c)

amoeba

23.

Animal-like protists are called:

(a)  

24.

Give an example of a pseudopod

a)

protozoan

b)

amoeba

c)

spore

25.

How do amoebas move?

a)

flagella

b)

cilia

c)

false foot

26.

How do amoebas/pseudopods reproduce?

a)

asexually

b)

sexually

27.

Are amoebas protozoans?

a)

yes

b)

no

28.

What disease can amoebas cause?

a)

african sleeping sickness

b)

malaria

c)

amoebic dysentary

29.

Do amoebas have a cell wall?

a)

yes

b)

no

30.

Are ciliates animal-like or plant-like?

a)

animal-like

b)

plant-like

31.

Do ciliates make or find food?

a)

make

b)

find

c)

both

32.

Give an example of a ciliate

a)

paramecium

b)

sporozoan

c)

amoeba

33.

How do ciliates move?

a)

flagella

b)

cilia

c)

false foot

34.

Are ciliates single celled?

a)

yes

b)

no

35.

How do ciliates reproduce?

a)

asexually

b)

sexually

c)

both

36.

Animallike protists are called

a)

protozoan

b)

sporozoan

37.

Are dinoflagellates plantlike or animallike?

a)

plantlike

b)

animallike

38.

Where do dinoflagellates live?

a)

freshwater

b)

oceans

39.

How many flagella do dinoflagellates have?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

one

40.

Do dinoflagellates have a cell wall?

a)

yes

b)

no

41.

How do dinoflagellates reproduce?

a)

sexually

b)

asexually

c)

both

42.

What water problem can dinoflagellates cause?

a)

red tide

b)

low tide

c)

pollution

43.

Are dinoflagellates single celled?

a)

no

b)

yes

44.

Do dinoflagellates have chlorophyll and other pigments?

a)

no

b)

yes

45.

Do dinoflagellates make or find food?

a)

make

b)

find

46.

Dinoflagellates, euglena, and diatoms all have this in common

a)

a cell wall

b)

photosynthesis

c)

nothing

47.

Are diatoms plant-like or animal-like?

a)

plantlike

b)

animallike

48.

Do diatoms have cell walls?

a)

no

b)

yes

49.

Do diatoms have flagella?

a)

no

b)

yes

50.

Do diatoms make or find food

a)

make

b)

find

51.

Where are diatoms found on Earth

a)

Oceans

b)

freshwater

c)

caves

52.

Are diatoms single celled?

(a)  

53.

Select the two things Diatomaceous Earth is used for

a)

Toothpaste

b)

Hairspray

c)

Carwax

d)

Baking soda

54.

Can Euglena make their own food?

a)

yes

b)

no

55.

Can Euglena also find food?

a)

yes

b)

no

56.

How do euglenas store food?

a)

stomach

b)

food vacuole

c)

oral groove

57.

How do euglenas move?

a)

cilia

b)

flagella

c)

neither

58.

Are Euglenas classified as plant-like or animal like?

a)

plantlike

b)

animallike

59.

Where do Euglena live?

a)

oceans

b)

freshwater

60.

How do Euglena reproduce?

a)

asexually

b)

sexually

c)

both

61.

Are Euglenas single-celled or multi-celled?

a)

single

b)

multi

62.

Do Euglena have a cell wall?

(a)  

63.

Do fungus have chlorophyll?

a)

yes

b)

no

64.

Fungus produce ______ to reproduce

a)

eggs

b)

spores

65.

Do Fungus make, find, or absorb food?

a)

make

b)

find

c)

absorb

66.

Can fungus move on their own?

a)

Yes

b)

No

67.

Do fungus have cell walls?

a)

Yes

b)

no

68.

Are fungus single celled or multicelled?

a)

single

b)

multi

69.

Are fungus saprobes?

a)

yes

b)

no

70.

A saprobe is a

(a)  

71.

Do fungus have nucleus in their cells?

a)

yes

b)

no

72.

Do fungus have nucleus in their cells?

a)

yes

b)

no

73.

Name the 3 groups of fungus

4 lines
74.

Give 2 examples of thread-like fungus

4 lines
75.

The root-like structures of a fungus that act like straws

a)

roots

b)

hyphae

c)

spore case

76.

What are 2 examples of a club fungus?

4 lines
77.

What shape are club fungus spores?

a)

club

b)

spade

c)

round

78.

Mushrooms store their spores in their:

a)

food vacuole

b)

nucleus

c)

undercap

79.

Give 2 examples of a sac fungus

4 lines
80.

Yeast reproduces asexually by

a)

binary fission

b)

budding

c)

meiosis