Protist review

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Danielle Bythwood
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Protists are alike in that all are:
unicellular
eukaryotic
symbionts
monophyletic
autotrophic
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Biologists have long been aware that the defunct kingdom Protista is paraphyletic. Which of these statements is both true and consistent with this conclusion?
Many species within this kingdom were once classified as monerans.
Animals, plants, and fungi arose from different protist ancestors.
The eukaryotic condition has evolved only once among the protists, and all eukaryotes are descendants of that first eukaryotic cell.
Chloroplasts among various protists are similar to those found in prokaryotes.
Some protists, all animals, and all fungi share a protist common ancestor, but these protists, animals, and fungi are currently assigned to three different kingdoms.
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NGSS.HS-LS4-1
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The strongest evidence for the endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotic organelles is the similarity between extant prokaryotes and which of the following?
nuclei and chloroplasts
cilia and mitochondria
mitochondria and chloroplasts
mitochondria and nuclei
mitochondria and cilia
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NGSS.HS-LS4-1
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, how did mitochondria originate?
from infoldings of the plasma membrane, coupled with mutations of genes for proteins in energy-transfer reactions
from engulfed, originally free-living prokaryotes
by secondary endosymbiosis
from the nuclear envelope folding outward and forming mitochondrial membranes
when a protoeukaryote engaged in a symbiotic relationship with a protobiont
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A biologist discovers a new unicellullar organism that possesses more than two flagella and two small, but equal-sized, nuclei. The organism has reduced mitochondria (mitosomes), no chloroplasts, and is anaerobic. To which clade does this organism probably belong?
monera
euglena
protista
diplomonads
ciliata
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements concerning protists is false?
All protists are eukaryotic organisms; many are unicellular or colonial.
The primary organism that transmits malaria to humans by its bite is the tsetse fly.
Cellular slime molds have an amoeboid stage that may be followed by a stage during which spores areproduced.
Euglenozoans that are mixotrophic contain chloroplasts.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the unifying characteristic of lineage Opisthokonta?
pseudopods
feeding groove
rear flagellum
alveoli on cell membranes
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