Review 2

Question 1

the incorporation and retention of smaller prokaryotes into the cytoplasm of larger eukaryotes; process through which eukaryotes arose

Answer 1

endosymbiosis

Question 2

What is the term used for the animal-like protists?

Answer 2

protozoa

Question 3

What is the term used for “floating life?”

Answer 3

plankton

Question 4

What is the most recognizable characteristic of amoeboid protists?

Answer 4

pseudopodia

Question 5

What material makes up the cell walls of foraminferans?

Answer 5

calcareous shells (made of calcium carbonate)

Question 6

Name two distinctive characteristics of ciliates.

Answer 6

macronucleus and micronucleus

Question 7

What mechanism expels excess water from Amoeba, Paramecia, and other microorganisms?

Answer 7

contractile vacuole

Question 8

What form of sexual reproduction is found in Paramecium?

Answer 8

conjugation

Question 9

Name the structure amoeboid protists use to bring food into their cells.

Answer 9

pseudopod

Question 10

The cell walls of radiolarians are largely composed of ___.

Answer 10

silica shells

Question 11

How does a Paramecium feed?

Answer 11

Cilia sweep bacteria/algae/other microorganisms into an oral groove that ends with the formation of food vacuoles where digestion takes place.

Question 12

Name two means of reproduction in Paramecium. Indicate which form is asexual reproduction and which form is sexual reproduction.

Answer 12

conjunction (sexual),
binary fission (asexual)

Question 13

What is the shape of Trypanosoma found in a blood slide?

Answer 13

small squiggles

Question 14

Name the vector that transmits Trypanosoma to humans and the disease caused by the infection.

Answer 14

vector- tsetse fly

disease- sleeping sickness

Question 15

Name the vector that transmits Plasmodium to humans and the disease caused by the infection.

Answer 15

vector- Anopheles mosquito

disease- malaria