Exam 29: Protists

Which one of the following statements about diplomonads and parabasilids is false?

The unique double shells of diatoms are made of

Some protists use multiple fission (cell division preceded by several nuclear divisions) as a means of reproduction.Multiple fission is also referred to as

Which feature of mitochondria provides the least amount of information about their endosymbiotic origins?

What features of charophytes provides evidence for charophytes being the closests relative to land plants?

Which one of the following statements about the trypanosome causing African sleeping sickness does not explain why the disease has been difficult to control?

Trypanosomiasis is spread by

A common characteristic of Choanoflagellida is

The marine multicellular protists including the larger brown algae belong to the

The Irish potato famine in the 1840's was caused in large part by a proliferation of a(n)

Which of the following is not one of the distinctive features of dinoflagellates?

The ___________ are a group within the Euglenozoa that have a unique, single mitochondrion.

The concept of endosymbiosis is widely accepted.What kind of relationship is it?

Conjugation in most ciliates involves a series of steps that leads to increased genetic diversity.Which one of the following choices is not one of those steps?

Vacuoles for ingesting food and regulating their water balance are characteristic of

Sponges (phylum: Porifera) are animals that possess feeding cells called collar cells.These cells have a central flagellum surrounded by a collar of microvilli.The collar filters organic matter out of the water column.Which protist shares a more recent common ancestor with the poriferans?

The parasite that is responsible for causing malaria is called

Amoebas move from place to place by means of their

What type of cellular damage in a malarial parasite would prevent it from penetrating a red blood cell?

How do protists provide evidence for the step-wise evolution of mitosis?