Protist Quiz

The kingdom described in your book as the ‘junk

drawer’ kingdom is the

• Kingdom Archaebacteria

• Kingdom Eubacteria

• Kingdom Fungi

• Kingdom Protista

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The two traits characteristic to ALL protists is that

• they all are unicellular and eukaryotic

• they are all multicellular and eukaryotic

• they are all eukaryotic and live in moist surroundings

• they are all multiclellular and prokaryotic

The kingdom described in your book as the ‘sort of like’ kingdom (they’re sort of like plants, but then again, they’re sort of like animals) is the Kingdom

• Protista

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Fungi

____ are the 'animal-like' protists.

• Algae

• Protozoans

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

____ are the 'plant-like' protists

• Algae

• Slime molds

• Sporozoans

• Ciliates

The ‘false feet’ found in amoebas are called

• cilia

• flagella

• capsids

• pseudopods

The microscopic hairs found in paramecia are called

• cilia

• flagella

• pseudopods

• capsids

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A ‘whip-like tail’ found in a euglena is called a

• cilia

• flagella

• pseudopod

• capsid

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Plasmodium, a protozoan that causes the disease malaria, is carried from one person to another by

• a tick

• a flea

• a tropical mosquito

• eating contaminated food

The protists that make their houses out of spun glass (its shells are used in pool filters, polishes, and toothpastes) are the

• diatoms

• dinoflagellates

• red algae

• slime molds