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Protists Review Test

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5 Matching Questions

  1. Spores
  2. List three (3) characteristics of the phylum Zoomastigina.
  3. African Sleeping Sickness
  4. Binary Fission
  5. 1. The type of chlorophyll and secondary pigments. 2. Method of food storage. 3. Composition of the cell wall.
  1. a What are three (3) criteria used to classify algae?
  2. b Reproductive cells that form without fertilization.
  3. c A disease caused by the bite of a TseTse fly; blood cells are destroyed which causes fever, chills, and rashes. Nerve cells can also be damaged.
  4. d 1. Animal-like protists that have one or two flagella. 2. They live in lakes and streams. 3. They reproduce asexually.
  5. e Most ciliates reproduce by _____ _____ ?

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Long, round bodies that can discharge a structure used for defense by the paramecium. (Paramecium use them)
  2. Plant-like protists that are green, have cellulose in their cell's walls, and contain chlorophyll. (Examples: Chlamydomonas, Ulva, Volvox.)
  3. An asexual process used by paramecia when under stress; this process allows them to exchange genetic material by attaching a cytoplasmic bridge.
  4. What causes malaria?
  5. Members of the phylum Sarcodina move by what?

5 True/False Questions

  1. That the first eukaryotes evolved from a symbiosis of several cells.What did Lynn Margulis hypothesize?

          

  2. FlagellaShort hair-like projections used for feeding and movement.

          

  3. Describe what Pyrrophyta do under stress.Give off light when agitated by sudden movement - referred to as the "fire plants."

          

  4. List all the characteristics of members of the phylum euglenophyta: Unicellular. Found in fresh and salt water. Most contain chloroplasts and photosynthesize. Lack a cell wall. * Some can absorb dissolved nutrients; some can ingest other organisms. (Found in ponds and lakes)

          

  5. Pumping out excess water out of the paramecia.What are contractile vacuoles used for?