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Bio I Ch. 20 Test B

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A protist is any organism that is not a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a(an)
a.
eukaryote.
c.
eubacterium.
b.
prokaryote.
d.
archaebacterium.
 

 2. 

In an amoeba, a small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is called a
a.
gullet.
c.
food vacuole.
b.
pseudopod.
d.
contractile vacuole.
 

 3. 

To which phylum do amoebas, foraminifers, and heliozoans belong?
a.
sarcodines
c.
sporozoans
b.
ciliates
d.
pseudopods
 

 4. 

The zooflagellate Trypanosoma causes the disease known as
a.
malaria.
c.
amebic dysentery.
b.
African sleeping sickness.
d.
algal bloom.
 

 5. 

Which substances allow algae to harvest and use the energy from sunlight?
a.
cilium and fucoxanthin
c.
phycobilin and flagellum
b.
chlorophyll and accessory pigments
d.
oogonium and antheridium
 

 6. 

Euglenas have an intricate, folded cell membrane called a(an)
a.
cell wall.
c.
eyespot.
b.
trichocyst.
d.
pellicle.
 

 7. 

An algal bloom is
a.
the clouding of water by sewage.
b.
an enormous mass of algae.
c.
a symbiotic relationship between algae and coral.
d.
none of the above
 

 8. 

An example of a multicellular green alga is
a.
Ulva.
c.
Volvox.
b.
Chlamydomonas.
d.
Fucus.
 

 9. 

The switching back and forth between a diploid and haploid stage in a life cycle is called
a.
alternation of generations.
b.
fusion of opposite mating types.
c.
sexual reproduction.
d.
asexual reproduction.
 

 10. 

The green alga Chlamydomonas reproduces asexually by producing
a.
gametophytes.
c.
zygotes.
b.
sporophytes.
d.
zoospores.
 

 11. 

What very large type of algae lives off the coasts of North America?
a.
rockweed
c.
giant kelp
b.
sea lettuce
d.
Irish moss
 

 12. 

Which of the following groups includes only funguslike protists?
a.
cellular slime molds, brown algae, water molds
b.
cellular slime molds, acellular slime molds, water molds
c.
cellular slime molds, acellular slime molds, animallike protists
d.
cellular slime molds, fungi, water molds
 

 13. 

The funguslike protists that thrive on dead or decaying organic matter in water are
a.
water molds.
c.
cellular slime molds.
b.
acellular slime molds.
d.
true fungi.
 

 14. 

When the amoebalike cells of acellular slime molds fuse, they form structures with many nuclei called
a.
plasmodia.
c.
spores.
b.
zoosporangia.
d.
filaments.
 

 15. 

Organisms that break down organic material include the
a.
funguslike protists.
c.
plantlike protists.
b.
animallike protists.
d.
none of the above
 

Completion
Complete each statement using the following wordbank.
protists          sunlight            red blood             malaria            heterotrophs
 

 16. 

Eukaryotes that are not members of the kingdoms Plantae, Animalia, or Fungi are ____________________.
 

 

 17. 

The sporozoan Plasmodium, carried from host to host by mosquitoes, causes ____________________, a very serious infectious disease.
 

 

 18. 

In the human body, Plasmodium first infects liver cells and then ____________________ cells, causing them to burst.
 

 

 19. 

Chlorophyll and accessory pigments allow algae to harvest and use the energy of ____________________.
 

 

 20. 

Funguslike protists are ____________________ that absorb nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter.
 

 



 
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