Objective – Understand that microorganisms range from simple to complex, are found almost everywhere, and are both helpful and harmful.
Name ______
Diversity of Living Things Worksheet, the Sequel
1.4 – Protists are a diverse group of organisms (pgs. 30-35).
1. These are the most complex single-celled organisms found on Earth.
a. Archaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
2. This scientist discovered protists.
a. Robert Hookec. Louis Pasteur
b. Edward Jennerd. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
3. Protists include all organisms with cells having a nucleus and not belonging to the… (There are two answers to this question.)
a. animal kingdom.c. plant kingdom.
b. fungi kingdom.d. Moneran kingdom.
4. Protists may be considered a collection of leftover organisms.
a. Trueb. False
5. Most protists live in water.
a. Trueb. False
6. Protists include some organisms with many cells. Seaweed and kelp are examples of this type of protist.
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protozoan
7. Algae are…
a. consumers.c. producers.
b. decomposers.d. parasites.
8. How do the organisms pictured at the top of pg. 32 get their energy?
a. They get their energy by eating food.
b. They capture sunlight and convert it to usable energy.
c. They absorb nutrients from their environment, like fungi.
9. Through the process of photosynthesis, algae “inhale” ______and “exhale” ______. (There are two answers to this question.)
a. carbon dioxidec. nitrogen
b. carbon monoxided. oxygen
10. Phytoplankton produce most of the ______we breathe.
a. carbon dioxidec. nitrogen
b. carbon monoxided. oxygen
11. Protists that eat other organisms, or decaying part of other organisms, are called…
a. algae.c. fungi.
b. bacteriad. protozoans.
12. A paramecium moves around using thousands of short, wavy strands called…
a. pseupods.c. cilia.
b. flagella.
13. This is one of the most significant human diseases and is caused by a protist.
a. Giardiasisc. Plague
b. Malariad. Athlete’s foot
14. How do protozoa and algae differ in the way they obtain energy?
a. Protozoa eat other organisms to get energy and algae get energy from the Sun.
b. Algae eat other organisms to get energy and protozoa get energy from the Sun.
c. They both get energy from eating other organisms.
d. They both get energy from the Sun.
15. Protists that break down organisms to obtain energy are…
a. consumers.c. producers.
b. parasites.d. decomposers.
16. This protist lives on decaying plants on the forest floor.
a. Amoebac. Paramecium
b. Euglenad. Slime mold
17. How do fungus-like protists get their energy?
a. Break down dead organisms and absorb the food.
b. From the Sun.
c. Eating other organisms.
d. From the Sun and eating other organisms.
2.4 – Most fungi are decomposers (pg. 66-71).
18. Fungi are…
a. consumers.c. parasites.
b. decomposers.d. producers.
19. Fungi are multicellular except for…
a. mildew.c. mushrooms.
b. mold.d. yeasts.
20. Plants and fungi are similar.
a. Trueb. False
21. Multicellular fungi don’t have tissues or organs.
a. Trueb. False
22. The cells of these are one cell thick.
a. Hyphaec. Spore
b. Mycelium
23. A single mushroom can produce how many spores.
a. A thousandc. A billion
b. A milliond. A trillion
Match the fungus with its description.
_____24. Mold_____25. Mushroom
_____26. Yeast / A. The part of this fungus we see is only a small part of this fungus.
B. This is a fuzzy growth we see on food.
C. This fungus is single-celled.
27. A pizza is a good place to look for the three types of fungi.
a. Trueb. False
28. What is produced in a mushroom cap?
a. Hyphaec. Spores
b. Mycelium
29. Different fungi are used to make which food? (There are two answers to this question.)
a. Blue Cheesec. Soy Sauce
b. Yogurtd. Pudding
30. This fungus is used to give blue jeans a stonewashed look.
a. Aspergillusc. Pilobolus
b. Penicilliumd. Trichoderma
31. Yeast won’t grow on a moist surface.
a. Trueb. False
32. These are the main decomposers on Earth. (There are two or more answers to this question.)
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
33. A fungus ______its food.
a. absorbsc. produces
b. consumes
34. Most plants interact with fungi because the hyphae produce nutrients for the plant.
a. Trueb. False
35. Some fungi live together with single-celled algae. They are called…
a. hyphae.c. mycelium.
b. lichens.d. spores.
36. This part of a lichen can break down rock.
a. Hyphaec. Spores
b. Mycelium
37. This was responsible for the 1845 Irish Potato Famine.
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
Diversity of Living Things Worksheet, the Sequel – Key
1.4 – Protists are a diverse group of organisms (pgs. 30-35).
1. These are the most complex single-celled organisms found on Earth.
a. Archaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
d. Protists
2. This scientist discovered protists.
a. Robert Hookec. Louis Pasteur
b. Edward Jennerd. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
3. Protists include all organisms with cells having a nucleus and not belonging to the… (There are two answers to this question.)
a. animal kingdom.c. plant kingdom.
b. fungi kingdom.d. Moneran kingdom.
a. animal kingdom; b. fungi; c. plant kingdom
4. Protists may be considered a collection of leftover organisms.
a. Trueb. False
a. True (2 choices)
5. Most protists live in water.
a. Trueb. False
a. True (2 choices)
6. Protists include some organisms with many cells. Seaweed and kelp are examples of this type of protist.
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protozoan
a. Algae
7. Algae are…
a. consumers.c. producers.
b. decomposers.d. parasites.
c. producers.
8. How do the organisms pictured at the top of pg. 32 get their energy?
a. They get their energy by eating food.
b. They capture sunlight and convert it to usable energy.
c. They absorb nutrients from their environment, like fungi.
b. They capture sunlight and convert it to usable energy.
9. Through the process of photosynthesis, algae “inhale” ______and “exhale” ______. (There are two answers to this question.)
a. carbon dioxidec. nitrogen
b. carbon monoxided. oxygen
a. carbon dioxide; d. oxygen
10. Phytoplankton produce most of the ______we breathe.
a. carbon dioxidec. nitrogen
b. carbon monoxided. oxygen
d. oxygen
11. Protists that eat other organisms, or decaying part of other organisms, are called…
a. algae.c. fungi.
b. bacteriad. protozoans.
d. protozoans.
12. A paramecium moves around using thousands of short, wavy strands called…
a. pseupods.c. cilia.
b. flagella.
c. cilia.
13. This is one of the most significant human diseases and is caused by a protist.
a. Giardiasisc. Plague
b. Malariad. Athlete’s foot
a. Giardiasis
14. How do protozoa and algae differ in the way they obtain energy?
a. Protozoa eat other organisms to get energy and algae get energy from the Sun.
b. Algae eat other organisms to get energy and protozoa get energy from the Sun.
c. They both get energy from eating other organisms.
d. They both get energy from the Sun.
a. Protozoa eat other organisms to get energy and algae get energy from the Sun.
15. Protists that break down organisms to obtain energy are…
a. consumers.c. producers.
b. parasites.d. decomposers.
d. decomposers.
16. This protist lives on decaying plants on the forest floor.
a. Amoebac. Paramecium
b. Euglenad. Slime mold
d. Slime Mold
17. How do fungus-like protists get their energy?
a. Break down dead organisms and absorb the food.
b. From the Sun.
c. Eating other organisms.
d. From the Sun and eating other organisms.
a. Break down dead organisms and absorb the food.
2.4 – Most fungi are decomposers (pg. 66-71).
18. Fungi are…
a. consumers.c. parasites.
b. decomposers.d. producers.
b. decomposers.
19. Fungi are multicellular except for…
a. mildew.c. mushrooms.
b. mold.d. yeasts.
c. mushrooms.
20. Plants and fungi are similar.
a. Trueb. False
b. False (2 choices)
21. Multicellular fungi don’t have tissues or organs.
a. Trueb. False
a. True (2 choices)
22. The cells of these are one cell thick.
a. Hyphaec. Spore
b. Mycelium
a. Hyphae (3 choices)
23. A single mushroom can produce how many spores.
a. A thousandc. A billion
b. A milliond. A trillion
a. A billion
Match the fungus with its description.
_____24. Mold_____25. Mushroom
_____26. Yeast / A. The part of this fungus we see is only a small part of this fungus.
B. This is a fuzzy growth we see on food.
C. This fungus is single-celled.
B 24. Mold (3 choices)
A 25. Mushroom (3 choices)
C 26. Yeast (3 choices)
27. A pizza is a good place to look for the three types of fungi.
a. Trueb. False
a. True (2 choices)
28. What is produced in a mushroom cap?
a. Hyphaec. Spores
b. Mycelium
c. Spores (2 choices)
29. Different fungi are used to make which food? (There are two answers to this question.)
a. Blue Cheesec. Soy Sauce
b. Yogurtd. Pudding
a. Blue Cheese; c. Soy Sauce
30. This fungus is used to give blue jeans a stonewashed look.
a. Aspergillusc. Pilobolus
b. Penicilliumd. Trichoderma
d. Trichoderma
31. Yeast won’t grow on a moist surface.
a. Trueb. False
b. False (2 choices)
32. These are the main decomposers on Earth. (There are two or more answers to this question.)
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
b. Bacteria; c. Fungi
33. A fungus ______its food.
a. absorbsc. produces
b. consumes
a. absorbs (3 choices)
34. Most plants interact with fungi because the hyphae produce nutrients for the plant.
a. Trueb. False
a. True
35. Some fungi live together with single-celled algae. They are called…
a. hyphae.c. mycelium.
b. lichens.d. spores.
b. lichens
36. This part of a lichen can break down rock.
a. Hyphaec. Spores
b. Mycelium
a. Hyphae
37. This was responsible for the 1845 Irish Potato Famine.
a. Algaec. Fungi
b. Bacteriad. Protists
c. Fungi
Diversity of Living Things Worksheet, the Sequel
Scoring Guide
35-37 – 433-34 – 3.5
32 – 3
28-31 – 2.5
24-27 – 2
20-23 – 1.5
17-19 – 1
1-16 – .5
0 – 0
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