Biology Laboratory Manual, 6/e

Darrell S. Vodopich, Baylor University
Randy Moore, University of Minnesota--Minneapolis

Exercise 25 - Survey of Kingdom Protista: Protozoans

Choose the one answer that best answers the question.


1	The distinguishing characteristic of Phylum Rhizopoda is the presence of ____.
		A)	flagella
		B)	intracellular digestion
		C)	pseudopodia
		D)	cilia


2	The term for engulfing food particles is ____.
		A)	phagocytosis
		B)	osmocytosis
		C)	intracellular digestion
		D)	extracellular digestion


3	The common name for Phylum Foraminifera is _____.
		A)	forams
		B)	red algae
		C)	slime molds
		D)	ciliates


4	Foraminifera shells or "tests" are made of ____.
		A)	silica
		B)	cellulose
		C)	calcium carbonate
		D)	protein


5	Organisms that cause disease are termed ____.
		A)	pathogenic
		B)	pathological
		C)	heterotrophic
		D)	phagocytic


6	Genera of ____ are common in the tropics and are spread by infectious bites from mosquitoes, sand flies, and tsetse flies.
		A)	Difflugia
		B)	Entamoeba
		C)	Paramecium
		D)	Trypanosoma


7	What happened when you added methyl cellulose to your wet mount of Paramecium?
		A)	It stopped moving.
		B)	It began engulfing the methyl cellulose as food.
		C)	It died.
		D)	It slowed down.


8	Which freshwater ciliate is sessile and possesses a contractile stalk?
		A)	Trypanosoma
		B)	Paramecium
		C)	Vorticella
		D)	Amoeba


9	Phylum ___ are spore-forming parasites of animals.
		A)	Zoomastigina
		B)	Sporozoa
		C)	Myxomycota
		D)	Rhizopoda


10	Which organism is a member of Phylum Myxomycota?
		A)	Plasmodium
		B)	Difflugia
		C)	Physarum
		D)	Sclerotium

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