Chapter 11A, Protozoans

Question 1

A protist can be described as any _____ organism that is not a ____, _____, or _____

Answer 1

Eukaryotic / Plant, Animal, or Fungus

Question 2

Protozoan means what

Answer 2

First animals

Question 3

Areas of pigment that can sense light are called _____

Answer 3

Eyespots

Question 4

Protozoans can form a _____ to survive extreme conditions

Answer 4

Cyst

Question 5

Name the four protozoan phylum and their common name

Answer 5

Sarcodina - sarcodines
Ciliophora - ciliates
Sporozoa - sporozoans
Zoomastigina - zooflagellates

Question 6

What is an example of a sarcodine, of a ciliate

Answer 6

Amoeba

Paramecium

Question 7

Contractile vacuoles do what

Answer 7

Regulate homeostasis by collecting or eliminating water

Question 8

Responses to stimuli are called

Answer 8

Taxes

Question 9

The macronucleus aids what

The micronucleus aids what

Answer 9

Asexual reproduction

Sexual reproduction

Question 10

The firm flexible covering outside a paramecium’s cell membrane is called a _____

Answer 10

Pellicle

Question 11

Paramecium can reproduce through two ways

Answer 11

Asexual binary fission and conjugation

Question 12

Give an example of a plasmodium that causes disease

Answer 12

Malaria

Question 13

If an organism can transport itself it is _____

Answer 13

Motile

Question 14

Which Protozoa have no means of transporting themselves

Answer 14

Sporozoans

Question 15

Are protozoans parasitic

Answer 15

Yes, but not all