Exam 21: The Diversity of Protists

Which protist causes African sleeping sickness?

Beavers are major carriers of Giardia, which is a member of the group _________that can cause severe diarrhea in people who drink water that contains the organism?s cysts.

What would life on Earth be like today if eukaryotic protists had not evolved?

The group of protistan aquatic organisms known generally as _________produces most of the world?s oxygen.

The active, feeding form of a(n) _________is a thin, multinucleate plasmodium.

Which organisms are responsible for the majority of photosynthesis?

Paralytic shellfish poisoning occurs when_________ are eaten by humans or marine mammals.

A pseudoplasmodium is a(n)

The coral that make up a tropical coral reef can survive only in clear, well-lit waters because of the symbiotic, photosynthetic_________ that live within the tissues of the coral.

The oomycete that nearly destroyed the French wine industry in the late 1870s was

The protists are a group that can best be defined as ʺany eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus.ʺ

One of the techniques for controlling the spread of malaria is to drape netting over the bed. What are the two reasons that this measure would prevent the spread of malaria?

Plasmodial slime molds are described as acellular because they

Which of the following is the parasite apicomplexans that causes malaria if it infects a human host?

Which of the following has pseudopods?

Which of the following characteristics distinguishes red algae from diatoms and dinoflagellates?

Which of the following best fits into the protistʹs group?

Which protozoan group consists entirely of parasitic forms?

A man is brought to the hospital suffering from nausea, vomiting, and severe stomach cramps. He had recently returned from a hiking trip in northern Minnesota. A sample taken from the man shows a single-celled flagellate organism that lacks mitochondria but has two nuclei. This organism is a(n)

Protists that absorb nutrients from dead organic matter are called