Exam 24: Protists

Figure 24-2 -In Figure 24-2, which step in the life cycle of the organism causes disease symptoms in a human host?

What do amoebas use pseudopodia for, other than movement?

Figure 24-3 -In Figure 24-3, under what condition is the structure labelled E formed?

What kind of algae are Rhodophyta?

Which of the following is the feature that choanoflagellates received their name after?

The White Cliffs of Dover, England, are composed of shells of ancient diatoms.

Which of the following protists are NOT included in the Unikont supergroup?

Until recently, protists have been classified according to observable traits such as modes of nutrition and mechanisms of movement. What is the basis for modern protist classification?

A population boom in which type of organism will cause a red tide?

Land plants evolved from charophytes.

Figure 24-2 -In Figure 24-2, what process is occurring in step 1?

Colonies are aggregates of potentially independent protist cells that show little or no differentiation.

Figure 24-1 -In Figure 24-1, what are the structures labelled as number 4?

Match each protistan genus with its description. -Euglena

Amoeba is a term used to describe unicellular protists that move by means of flagella.

Which of these terms describes kinetoplastids?

Slime moulds are classified as Amoebozoa.

Figure 24-3 -In Figure 24-3, which organism's life cycle is illustrated?