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The Wonderful World of Protists

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Microbiology : The Wonderful World of Protists
"Here is a simple quiz about one of the six kingdoms of life, protists. Enjoy and tell me what you think."


1. There are three types of protists, one of which is animal-like. What is the term used to describe the animal-like protists?
    algae
    protozoans
    amoebas
    none of these


2. The other two types of protists are plant-like and fungi-like. Although fungi-like protists do not have a term to describe them, what is the term used to characterize plant-like protists?
    phytoplanktons
    none of these
    euglenoids
    algae


3. There are four ways in which a protozoan can move. They can either move by using flagella, cilia, spores, or pseudopodia. What are pseudopodia?
    an organelle that collects and pumps out excess water
    a short hairlike fiber
    a long whiplike structure
    cytoplasm containing extensions


4. There are four main groups of protozoans: amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, and sporozoans. Plasmodium is a type of sporozoan that causes a disease. Which disease does plasmodium cause?
    malaria
    cancer
    small pox
    none of these


5. Green algae alternate between living as a haploid organism, which is an organism with only one set of chromosomes, and a diploid organism, which is an organism with two sets of chromosomes. What is the term used to describe the haploid form of an organism?
    sporophyte
    gametophyte
    pellicle
    thallus


6. There are three categories of fungi-like protists. Water molds make up the first category. What makes up the other two categories?(Hint: One answer applies to both.)
    downy mildews
    none of these
    sear mildews
    slime molds


7. Slime molds vary in color and live in cool, moist, shady places. There are two types of slime molds. One type of slime molds is plasmodial slime molds. The other type is cellular slime molds.
    True
    False


8. Slime molds are also similar to another type of protist. This is because the life cycles and methods of obtaining food for both slime molds and protists are similar. What other type of protists are slime molds compared to?
    none of these
    algae
    protozoan
    water molds


9. Water molds have a white, fuzzy appearance. They are similar to fungi because of the way in which they obtain food, but are classified as protists. Why are water molds classified as protists instead of fungi?
    water molds cause disease in plants
    water molds produce flagellated reproductive cells
    water molds grow on decaying matter
    water molds remain haploid during their life cycle


10. There is little evidence to prove where protists originated from, but biologists are currently testing DNA and RNA to find an answer. However, biologists do agree on the ancestry of one group of protists. What do biologists say originated from ancient green algae?
    modern plants
    mushrooms
    bacteria
    none of these


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