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Life Science Test #4 - Chapter 7: The Protist and Fungi Kingdoms – SEPTEMBER 2017
1. Animal-like PROTISTS are called
a. diatoms b. dinoflagellates
c. protozoans d. euglenoids
2. A type of fungus-like PROTIST is
a. water mold b. downy mildew
c. slime mold d. all of these
3. The common name for plant-like PROTISTS is
a. ameba b. algae
c. slime mold d. paramecium
4. Sarcodines, one type of protozoan, move AND feed by forming a
a. pseudopod b. oral groove
c. contractile vacuole d. pellicle
5. The type of symbiosis that a zooflagellate has with a termite, where it lives in the termite's stomach and gets food while at the same time it helps the termite digest wood, is
a. parasitism b. commensalism
c. mutualism d. bioluminescence
6. The two characteristics that ALL protists have in common are
a. eukaryotes and autotrophs b. prokaryotes and multicellular
c. heterotrophs and multicellular d. eukaryotes and moist environments
7. A “pioneer organism” often found on rocks or tree barks which consists of a fungus living in a mutualistic relationship with either an algae or an autotrophic bacteria:
a. ameba b. paramecium
c. lichen d. mushroom
8. An example of a disease in humans which is caused by a fungus is
a. polio b. strep throat
c. tetanus d. athlete’s foot
9. An example of a disease in plants which is caused by a fungus is
a. corn smut b. wheat rust
c. Dutch elm disease d. all of these
10. Yeast, which is a unicellular fungi, reproduce ASEXUALLY by a process called
a. conjugation b. budding
c. binary fusion d. fertilization
11. Which protist uses cilia to move?
a. diatom b. euglena
c. ameba d. paramecium
12. Since the ameba has a very thin cell membrane, it has an organelle that collects any excess water
and expels it so the ameba does not burst. This structure is a/an
a. oral groove b. contractile vacuole
c. anal pore c. pseudopod
13. Which one of these characteristics does a protozoan NOT share with most animals?
a. heterotroph b. is able to move
c. unicellular d. eukaryote
14. The most notable characteristic that all algae DO share with plants is
a. autotroph b. bioluminescent
c. glass-like cell walls d. green pigments
15. A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism is called a/an ______.
16. Hundreds of tiny hair-like projections that some protozoans have which move in a wavelike
pattern and can also help sweep food into the oral groove are ______.
17. Chemicals in algae that produce many different and beautiful colors are ______.
18. An example of brown algae which can grow to 100 meters in length and form underwater “forests”
is the ______.
19. The unicellular algae which have beautiful glass-like cell walls and whose cell walls collect on the
bottom of lakes and oceans, forming a coarse material used in swimming pool filters, toothpaste,
and insecticides are called ______.
20. A “fairy ring” or circle of mushrooms forms because the mushrooms share the same food
through the underground network of hyphae called the ______
that grow into the food source, ooze out digestive chemicals, and then absorb the nutrients.
21. Fungi produce spores in structures above ground (not gills) called ______
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22. Most fungi are made up of individual threadlike tubes called ______.
23. Unicellular algae that are bioluminescent, come in many colors, use a flagellum to move, and
have hard stiff plates are the ______.
24. The marine algae often eaten by humans because it is packed with nutrition and which grows at
greater depths in the ocean because of the color of its pigment is ______.
25. In the kingdom Protista, scientists divide PROTOZOANS into four types based mostly on how they move. Name the four types of protozoans AND give a specific example of each. (8 pts)
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26. Name the four classifications in the Fungi kingdom AND one example of each. (8 pts)
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27. List five ROLES that fungi have in the living world AND an example OR brief explanation of each. These can be helpful or harmful roles. (10 pts)
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28. Number in order the events when eutrophication occurs in a pond or lake (fresh water). (6 pts)
_____ plants die _____ excess nutrients in water _____ algal bloom on surface
_____ fish die _____ bacteria (decomposers) increase _____ oxygen in water gets used up
TRUE/FALSE
_____ 29. Malaria, which commonly makes the mosquito considered the most dangerous animal in the world, is actually caused by a funguslike protist called Plasmodium.
_____ 30. You should never eat a fungus because all fungi will make you sick or even kill you.
_____ 31. It is an advantage for organisms like fungi to be able to reproduce both asexually or sexually.
_____ 32. The marine algal blooms known as “red tides” are dangerous and can result in beaches being closed, and their toxins can even kill huge animals like humpback whales.