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1

Most protista are _________________ cells.
A)prokaryotic
B)single eukaryotic
C)colonial
2

True or false. Protists represent a bridge between the simple and complex forms of life on earth.
A)True
B)False
3

True or false. The amoebic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica is nearly always fatal in humans.
A)True
B)False
4

What protist is responsible for causing Chagas disease that occurs in central and south America?
A)Euglenida
B)Trypanosoma
C)Leishmania
D)Kinetoplastida
5

The mitochondria of the _____________ more closely resemble prokaryotes than do those of any other type of eukaryote.
A)choanoflagellates
B)alveolates
C)ciliates
D)jakobids
6

The ______________ may be the forerunners of animals.
A)choanoflagellates
B)alveolates
C)ciliates
D)jakobids
7

Dinoflagellates have all of these traits with the exception of:
A)overlapping cellulose plates
B)ecological importance as an ocean food source
C)two flagella
D)shells made of silica
8

What group of protists is responsible for producing neurotoxins that become concentrated in the aquatic food chain?
A)ciliates
B)choanoflagellates
C)dinoflagellates
D)jakobids
9

The form of apicomplexan that infects the host is called a ____________.
A)sporozoite
B)merozoite
C)zygote
D)micropore
10

True or false. The apicomplexans are obligate parasites of animals.
A)True
B)False
11

The common paramecium belongs to the ______________.
A)ciliates
B)choanoflagellates
C)dinoflagellates
D)jakobids
12

What subgroup(s) belong(s) in the stramenopiles?
A)diatoms
B)water molds
C)algae
D)All of these are correct.
13

The ___________ are aquatic phytoplankton with silica frustules that are used as abrasives in a variety of industrial applications.
A)brown algae
B)diatoms
C)red algae
D)All of these are correct.
14

Red algae contain what pigments aside from chlorophyll that allow these seaweeds to grow at great ocean depths?
A)floridean starches
B)fucoxanthins
C)bilirubins
D)phycobilins
15

What group of stramenopiles tends to devastate certain crops?
A)water molds
B)diatoms
C)red algae
D)brown algae
16

True or false. Both types of slime molds switch body form in response to environmental change.
A)True
B)False
17

True or false. The green algae are the least plant-like of the algae.
A)True
B)False
18

How are green algae currently classified?
A)number and arrangement of flagella
B)specifics of cell division
C)habitat occupied
D)All of these are correct.





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