Kingdom Protista I

Question 1

Protists are _____ organisms that are not plants, animals, or fungi.

Answer 1

Eukaryotic

Question 2

Are protists unicellular?

Answer 2

Protists are mostly unicellular, although some species are colonial or multicellular.

Question 3

Amoebas

Answer 3

Unicellular protists characterized by their amoeboid movement using pseudopodia. They feed on bacteria and other small organisms through phagocytosis.

Question 4

Ciliates

Answer 4

Protists with cilia used for locomotion and feeding. They have complex cell structures and often possess two nuclei: a macro nucleus and a micro nucleus .

Question 5

Trypanosomes

Answer 5

Parasitic protists that cause diseases such as African sleeping sickness and Changas disease. They have a distinctive kinetoplast, a mass of mitochondrial DNA.

Question 6

Plasmodia

Answer 6

Multinucleate, amoeboid protists that form a multinucleate mass called a plasmodium. Some species are parasitic, while other are free-living and play ecological roles in nutrient cylcling.