Kingdom Protista

Question 1

What is only one of the vast varieties of protists?

Answer 1

Diatoms

Question 2

________ are eukaryotes which means that each of their cell contains a nucleus.

Answer 2

Protist

Question 3

What are the categories of different protists?

Answer 3

Animal-like Protist, Plantlike Protists, and Fungus-like Protists

Question 4

_____ ___ ___________ first saw protist, he called them “___________” which means miniature or little animals.

Answer 4

Anton van Leeuwenhoek; animalcules

Question 5

What literally translates to “first animals”?

Answer 5

Protozoans

Question 6

They eat ________, _____, and other _________.

Answer 6

bacteria; algae; protozoans

Question 7

What are unicellular, animal-like organisms and are larger that bacteria?

Answer 7

Protozoans

Question 8

What can be found in both salt water and freshwater habitats?

Answer 8

Protozoans

Question 9

Protozoans are divided into four main groups based on the way they move. Theses four groups are the __________, ________, ___________, and __________.

Answer 9

sarcodines; ciliates; flagellates; sporozoans

Question 10

They are protozoans that move by means of pseudopodia. What is this?

Answer 10

Sarcodines

Question 11

What are cytoplasmic extensions that are often called “false feet”?

Answer 11

Pseudopodia

Question 12

What are these protists that have shell-like outer coverings?

Answer 12

Sarcodines

Question 13

The most common sarcodine is _______. They are found in freshwater habitats and they move by means of pseudopodia.

Answer 13

Amoeba

Question 14

They also use pseudopodia to get food. They are sensitive to bright light so they thrive in dark places.

Answer 14

Amoeba

Question 15

What are these protozoans that move by means of cilia?

Answer 15

Ciliates

Question 16

_____ are small hair-like projections outside the cell _______. They may cover the entire surface of a ciliate or maybe concentrated in certain areas.

Answer 16

Cilia; ciliates

Question 17

What is the most common and interesting example of a ciliate?

Answer 17

Paramecium

Question 18

What are protozoans that move by means of their ________ or whip-like structures?

Answer 18

Flagella; Flagellates

Question 19

________ enable them to move in watery environments.

Answer 19

Flagella

Question 20

What are some of the diseases the flagellates can cause?

Answer 20

African sleeping sickness

Question 21

Some flagellates are _________.

Answer 21

Parasites

Question 22

What is the flagellate that is both an autotroph and a heterotroph?

Answer 22

Euglena

Question 23

It is a tiny, oval-shaped organism with one pointed end and one rounded end. What is this?

Answer 23

Euglena

Question 24

The Euglena has an _______, a reddish structure that is sensitive to light. It tends to move towards areas where there is enough light because it uses light energy to make its own food.

Answer 24

Eyespot

Question 25

What forms spores, which are tiny reproductive cells?

Answer 25

Sporozoans

Question 26

Most __________ have complicated life cycles.

Answer 26

Sporozoans

Question 27

What have no means of moving and are carried from place to place by their hosts?

Answer 27

Sporozoans

Question 28

What can develop into a mature sporozoan?

Answer 28

Spore

Question 29

What is the most common sporozoan?

Answer 29

Plasmodium

Question 30

What is the organism that causes malaria?

Answer 30

Plasmodium

Question 31

Plasmodium is carried by the _________ mosquito.

Answer 31

Anopheles

Question 32

What happens when a carrier mosquito bites a person?

Answer 32

The mosquito injects its saliva into the bloodstream of the person. The plasmodium travels to the person's liver, where it forms spores. Spores invade red blood cells, where they grow and multiply, and eventually destroy the cells by bursting to cause the release of more spores into the blood.

Question 33

_________ ________, also known as _____, are autotrophs, they make their own food.

Answer 33

Plantlike protists; algae

Question 34

What are capable of photosynthesis like plants?

Answer 34

Algae

Question 35

_________ ________ lack true stems, roots, or leaves that plants have.

Answer 35

Plantlike protist

Question 36

Algae are ______________ _________ just like plants.

Answer 36

Photosynthetic Organisms

Question 37

They form a diverse group of organisms whose sizes range from single-celled, like _________ to many-celled forms like the giant kelps.

Answer 37

Chlorella

Question 38

What thrives in freshwater, and in marine environment?

Answer 38

Algae

Question 39

Among the plantlike protists, the ___ _____ and _____ _____ are the closest relatives of land plants.

Answer 39

Red Algae; Green Algae

Question 40

What are reddish plantlike protists with thousands of known species?

Answer 40

Red Algae

Question 41

These are commonly known as "seaweeds". What is this?

Answer 41

Red Algae

Question 42

What includes the chlorophytes and charophytes?

Answer 42

Green Algae

Question 43

What mostly live in freshwater habitats and other inhabit marine and terrestrial habitats?

Answer 43

Chlorophytes

Question 44

The ______-____ ________ include the _____ _____ and the _____ _____.

Answer 44

Fungus-like protists; Slime molds; Water molds

Question 45

Fungus-like protists have ____ _____ and are capable of forming spores, structures that they use for reproduction.

Answer 45

Cell walls

Question 46

What vary considerably in size because while some of them measure a a few centimeters, others can be as big as several kilometers?

Answer 46

Slime molds

Question 47

What is a common slime mold that forms tufts on the outside of rotting logs?

Answer 47

Stemonitis

Question 48

What is also called as 'dog vomit mold," forms yellow crusts on decaying wood?

Answer 48

Fuligo

Question 49

What molds live in water or in moist environments?

Answer 49

Water molds

Question 50

Where do fungi and water molds differ?

Answer 50

Cell walls

Question 51

Water molds have cell walls made of _________, while the cell walls of fungi consists of ______.

Answer 51

Cellulose; Chitin

Question 52

These are a common problem to farmers because they can be parasitic on farm animals and crops. What is this?

Answer 52

Water molds

Question 53

What water mold makes the stems and roots of the infected potatoes turn to black slime?

Answer 53

Phytophthora infestans