Review Self_Quiz -- CLASSIFICATION: Protista:
Below are some multiple choice self-quiz review questions to reinforce chapter terms and important concepts. Some of these questions will appear on the exams.

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1. "Sexual reproduction" in bacteria and protista.

a. binary fission
b. alternation of generations
c. isogamy
d. oogamy
e. conjugation

2. Symbiosis where both organisms benefit.

a. commensalism
b. parasitism
c. mutualism
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c

3. A condition when male and female gametes are morphologically similar.

a. sporophyte
b. gametophyte
c. isogamy
d. oogamy
e. c and d

4. Feeding method of protozoa

a. photosynthesis
b. parasitic
c. holozoic
d. saprothrophic
e. b, c, and d, but NOT a

5. Protista have:

a. 80S ribosomes
b. nucleus
c. organelles
d. a, b, and c
e. b and c, but not a

6. Four of the five answeres listed below are true about the Ciliophora. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. have cilia
b. are heterotrophic
c. are free-living
d. have flagella
e. are motile

7. Four of the five answeres listed below are true about the Sarcodina. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. have pseudopodia
b. are heterotrophic
c. some are free-living, some are parasites
d. have flagella
e. are motile

8. Four of the five answeres listed below are true about the Zoomastigophora. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. have cilia
b. are heterotrophic
c. some are free-living, some are parasites
d. have flagella
e. are motile

9. Organisms floating or weakly swimming in freshwater or saltwater, carried by currents

a. motile
b. plankton
c. sessile d. all of the above
e. none of the above

10. Protist with pseudopodia

a. Plasmodium
b. Trypanosoma
c. Amoeba
d. Anabaena
e. Paramecium

11. Which of these is not a green algae?

a. Volvox
b. Fucus
c. Spirogyra
d. Ulva
e. all are green algae

12. Which is mismatched

a. trypanosome -- African sleeping sickness
b. Plasmodium -- malaria
c. amoeba -- severe diarrhea
d. AIDS -- Giardia
e. dinoflagellates -- red tides

13. Put Spirogyra in the correct phylum.

a. Chrysophyta
b. Pyrrhophyta
c. Chlorophyta
d. Phaeophyta
e. Rhodophyta

14. Put kelp (sea weed) in the correct phylum.

a. Chrysophyta
b. Pyrrhophyta
c. Chlorophyta
d. Phaeophyta
e. Rhodophyta

15. Kelps are in the

a. diatom phylum
b. dinoflagellate phylum
c. green algae phylum
d. brown algae phylum
e. blue-green algae phylum

16. Volvox, a green, spherical shaped protist with smaller daughter spheres inside the mother sphere, is a(n)

a. diatom
b. dinoflagellate
c. green algae
d. brown algae
e. blue-green algae

17. Plasmodium, as protist parasite causing malaria is classified in the phylum

a. Ciliophora
b. Cyanobacteria
c. Sporozoa
d. Euglenophyta
e. Oomycota

18. A phylum can be subdivided into

a. kingdoms
b. classes
c. genera
d. families
e. orders

19. A class can be subdivided into

a. kingdoms
b. classes
c. genera
d. families
e. orders

20. A kingdom can be subdivided into

a. phyla
b. classes
c. genera
d. families
e. orders

21. A condition when male and female gametes are morphologically different, e.g., small, motile, flagellated sperm and large non-motile egg,

a. binary fission
b. isogamy
c. oogamy
d. conjugation
e. alternation of generations

22. Permanently anchored, not having the power to move.

a. sessile
b. conjugation
c. isogamy
d. motile
e. plankton

23. Four of the five answers listed below are protozoans. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. amoebas
b. dinoflagellates
c. ciliates
d. sporozoans
e. flagellates

24. Four of the five answers listed below are protozoans. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. Sarcodina
b. Pyrrhophyta
c. Ciliophora
d. Sporozoa
e. Zoomastigophora

25. The simplest (most primitive organisms -- evolved first) of the eukaryotes are the

a. protistans
b. fungi
c. plants
d. animals
e. both a and b

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