Chapter 21 Protist Diversity

What type of cells are protists?

• prokaryotes

• viruses

• eukaryotes

• all types of cells

Which of the following is a form that protists can have?

• single-celled

• multicellular

• colony

• streptobacillus

• staphylococcus

What is the term used for a protist that can switch between making its own food and ingesting food?

• Chemoheterotrophic

• Mixotrophic

• Heterotrophic

• Photoautotrophic

When do protists reproduce sexually?

• When food is plentiful

• When they live in colonies

• When environmental conditions are unfavorable

• When they are inside another organism

Which of the following protists produce oxygen?

• Green algae

• Paramecium

• Amoeba

• Diatoms

Which of the following are types of green algae?

• Volvox

• Red algae

• Diatoms

• Euglena

Choose all the possible characteristics of green algae.

• contain chlorophyll a and b

• cellulose cell wall

• not all are green

• they move using pseudopods

• they are parasitic

Most green algae are multicellular because they can exist in colonies and as filaments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Volvox live...

• ...in colonies.

• ...as filaments.

• ...as a multicellular organism

• ...as a single cell

Identify the type of protist in the image.

• Volvox

• Euglena

• Paramecium

• amoeba

• diatoms