Protists

Question 1

What is endosymbiosis?

Answer 1

The relationship between two species where one species lives inside the cell or cells of another organism

Question 2

Protist is a kingdom name, true or false?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

All protists are eukaryotes, true or false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

All protists are in a polyphyletic group, true or false?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

All protists are unicellular, true or false?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The endosymbiosis of proteobacteria and an unknown host formed which organelle?

Answer 6

Mitochondria

Question 7

The endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria and an unknown host formed which organelle?

Answer 7

Plastid

Question 8

Why are protists important?

Answer 8

1. Produce oxygen
2. Decompose and recycle nutrients
3. Large base of the food chain

Question 9

What are the four main super groups of protists?

Answer 9

1. Excavata
2. ‘SAR’ clade
3. Archaeplastida
4. Unikonta

Question 10

Diplomonads are in which supergroup?

Answer 10

Excavata

Question 11

Diplomonads have modified mitochondria called?

Answer 11

Mitosomes

Question 12

Where do mitosomes derive energy from?

Answer 12

Anaerobic biochemical pathways

Question 13

How many nuclei do diplomonads have?

Answer 13

Two equal sized nuclei

Question 14

Parabasalids are in which supergroup?

Answer 14

Excavata

Question 15

Parabasalids have modified mitochondria called?

Answer 15

Hydrogenosomes

Question 16

Hydrogenosomes generate some energy anaerobically, true or false?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Euglozoans are in which supergroup?

Answer 17

Excavata

Question 18

What does ‘SAR’ stand for in ‘SAR’ clade?

Answer 18

The main subgroups;
Stramenophiles
Alveolates
Rhizarians