Exam 24: Protists

Match each characteristic to a type of algae. Algae may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -source of nori, the sushi wrapper

Which sentence describes most golden algae?

-In the figure, when is the structure labelled E formed?

Under favourable conditions, in which form do plasmodial slime moulds primarily exist?

Which protist group includes human pathogens?

Why has the diverse group of protists traditionally been grouped together?

Radiolarians have vacuoles, which provide them with buoyancy in marine environments.

Match each protistan genus with its description. -Giardia

The land plants evolved from charophytes.

Match each characteristic to a type of algae. Algae may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -largest and most complex

The eyespot is a light-sensitive structure found in photosynthetic kinetoplastids.

The parasite that causes African sleeping sickness is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito.

Which type of molecule reinforces the shells of forams?

Many algal species have life cycles consisting of alternating haploid and diploid generations. Which sentence describes the organisms that comprise the most common life cycle in green algae?

What is the name of the dartlike protein threads that ciliates can eject from surface organelles when under attack?

Match each protistan genus with its description. -Physarum

What kind of algae are rhodophyta?

Match each protistan genus with its description. -Trichomonas

Which term refers to the mechanism by which a brown algae sporophyte produces spores?

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