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1
Which one of the following statements about protists is incorrect?
A)Protists are most commonly found in moist environments.
B)Protists are prokaryotic organisms.
C)The organism that causes malaria is a protist.
D)At least half of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by protists.
E)All of the statements about protists are correct.
2
Which of the following kingdoms has species that can be grouped with protist species in a supergroup?
A)Animalia
B)Plantae
C)Fungi
D)Plantae and fungi
E)Animaliaplantae, and fungi
3
Which one of the following is not a basic type of protist nutrition?
A)Osmotrophy
B)Mixotrophy
C)Autotrophy
D)Chemotrophy
E)Phagotrophy
4
The type of protist reproductive cycle known sporic is also referred to as
A)a gametic life cycle.
B)alternation of generations.
C)asexual reproduction.
D)a zygotic life cycle.
E)None of the choices accurately describe the protist reproductive cycle known as alternation of generations.
5
Which of the following forms of gametes are found in zygotic unicellular protists?
A)Nonmotile eggs and sperm
B)Structurally similar + and – forms.
C)Motile eggs and nonmotile sperm
D)Nonmotile eggs and sperm and structurally similar + and - forms.
E)Nonmotile eggs and sperm and motile eggs and nonmotile sperm
6
Phytoplankton are ________________ found in plankton.
A)bacteria
B)viruses
C)microscopic animals
D)photosynthetic protists
E)heterotrophic protists
7
Which of the following is not an informal classification of protists?
A)Ciliates
B)Flagellates
C)Amoebae
D)Plasmodium
E)All of the choices are informal classifications of protists
8
True or False: Photosynthetic protists large enough to be seen with the unaided human eye are also known as macroalgae.
A)True
B)False
9
Phagotrophy would most likely be observed in which one of the following supergroups?
A)Stramenopila
B)Alveolata
C)Rhizaria
D)Amoebozoa
E)Euglenozoa
10
True or False: Mixotrophs are able to use photoautotrophy and phagotrophy to obtain organic nutrients.
A)True
B)False
11
Photosynthetic protists utilize ______________ to aid in the capture of light for phototsynthesis.
A)lutein
B)phycoerytrhin
C)carotene
D)fucoxanthin
E)All of the choices are used by photosynthetic protists to aid in the capture of light for photosynthesis.
12
True or False: Sushi wrappers are composed of sheet like protist cells most accurately referred to as Porphyra.
A)True
B)False
13
Which of the following statements regarding green algae is incorrect?
A)They contain the same photosynthetic pigments as land plants.
B)They contain the same plastids as land plants.
C)They primarily utilize chlorophyll a for photosynthesis.
D)They are nonmotile
E)They have industrial and research uses.
14
A plastid surrounded by three membranes would most likely have arisen through
A)primary endosymbiosis.
B)secondary endosymbiosis.
C)tertiary endosymbiosis.
D)quaternary endosymbiosis.
E)None of the choices accurately describe the process by which a plastid would have three membranes.
15
Large calcium carbonate "chalk" cliffs found in or near the ocean were originally produced by mass deposits of
A)Ciliophora
B)Radiolaria
C)Cryptomonads
D)Coccolithorophorids
E)Choanomonada
16
Which of the following is not a phyla of algae that would be classified in one of the protist supergroups Alveolata, Stramenopila or Rhizaria?
A)Phaeyopheceae
B)Dinozoa
C)Chlorarachlnophyta
D)Bacillarlophyceae
E)All of the choices are phyla of algae that would be classified in a protist supergroup.
17
A spear-like projectile fired from a protist cell as a defense mechanism is most accurately referred to as a(n)
A)flagellum.
B)pseudopod.
C)axopod.
D)trichocyst.
E)cilium.
18
What benefit is gained by sexual reproduction in diatom species?
A)Avoidance of predators
B)Production of macronuclei and micronuclei
C)Regaining maximal cell size
D)Avoidance of predators and production of macronuclei and micronuclei
E)Avoidance of predators, production of macronuclei and micronuclei and maximal cell size
19
The pairing and fusion of two ciliates is a process most accurately referred to as
A)gametogenesis.
B)phagocytosis.
C)syngamy.
D)fertilization.
E)conjugation.
20
True or False: Parasitic protists often use different host organisms for different stages in their life cycle.
A)True
B)False





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