Question 1

Chlamydomonas is multicellular,produces motile haploid sperm,and is photosynthetic.Chlamydomonas is which of the following?

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A)   an apicomplexan
B)   a slime mold
C)   a green alga
D)   a protozoan
E)   a diatomF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Slime molds may exist as either single amoeboid cells or large masses of cells that behave as one multicellular organism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A protective layer made of rigid or elastic protein strips surrounding the cell membrane of euglenoids is a

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A)   cell wall.
B)   pseudopodium.
C)   gullet.
D)   flagellum.
E)   pellicle.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

The microscopic food that supports the ocean's vast food webs is

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A)   golden and brown algae.
B)   All of the answer options are correct.
C)   green algae.
D)   euglenoids.
E)   dinoflagellates.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

While on a field trip near the ocean coastline,you visit a company that harvests jellylike substance from protists.This substance can be used as food,or in biology lab dishes for culturing organisms that have red-blue pigments,and store starch like plants.The company extracts the substance from multicellular plant-like organisms.You are observing the economic values of

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A)   agar and carrageenan, which are both economic commodities from protists.
B)   red ooze from decaying protist cells.
C)   gelatin, which makes up the cytosol of most cells.
D)   carrageenan, a polysaccharide.
E)   agar, a polysaccharide.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

Protists can be autotrophs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The engulfment of food particles by a heterotrophic protist cell is

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A)   chemotaxis.
B)   phagocytosis.
C)   pseudopodia.
D)   organotaxis.
E)   cytokinesis.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Dictyostelium discoideum is an unusual organism,one that straddles the boundary between the unicellular and the multicellular.Its feeding phase consists of individual amoeba-like cells that move independently,feeding on bacteria by phagocytosis.When the food runs out,cells begin to aggregate into a multicelled structure that migrates toward light.The cells differentiate into a base,stalk,and spores; only the spores survive to colonize a new habitat.What is the advantage of forming spores?

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A)   Spores can mate with other species.
B)   Spores are smaller and can be transported to new habitats.
C)   The spores are photosynthetic.
D)   The spores will eat the other cells.
E)   Spores have flagella and can swim to new habitats.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E) B

Question 9

African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei,a unicellular flagellated protist that infects red blood cells after being injected into the bloodstream.Trypanosoma brucei is which of the following?

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A)   an apicomplexan
B)   an alga
C)   a diatom
D)   a protozoan
E)   a slime moldF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

The Irish potato famine in the mid-1840s was caused by a heterotrophic protist,Phytophthora infestans,which was successful in widespread infection of potato plants,largely because it was

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A)   a fungus, which has filaments very similar to water and slime molds.
B)   a protozoan, with flagella, and swimming to potato plants in wet seasons, engulfing and digesting the potato cells.
C)   a diatom, with a silica shell allowing it to survive the soil conditions in which potatos grow as specialized roots.
D)   a red algae, able to perform photosynthesis, allowing its cells to spread from the coast to potato farm fields.
E)   a water mold, and its soft, fleshy filaments benefitted from several rainy seasons.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

Trichonympha is a unicellular flagellated protist that lives within termites and allows the termite to be able to "digest" wood.Trichonympha is which of the following?

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A)   an alga
B)   an apicomplexan
C)   a slime mold
D)   a protozoan
E)   a diatomF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Some protozoa have cell structures that are formed as temporary extensions of the cell membrane,allowing the cell to detect and respond to their environment,and to catch and engulf food.These extensions are called

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A)   pseudopodia.
B)   flagella.
C)   cilia.
D)   spikes.
E)   antennae.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

Based on the theory of endosymbiosis,which of the following would you expect to find in a chloroplast?

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A)   a mitochondrion
B)   DNA
C)   silica
D)   cellulose
E)   a nucleusF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

When Abrams and Townsend investigated the natural selection of copepods that avoid predation of bioluminescent dinoflagellates,which of the following best states the hypothesis they were testing?

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A)   The bioluminescent dinoflagellates produce enough light that they can also photosynthesize at night, harming the copepods.
B)   Copepods that avoid bioluminescent dinoflagellates have a smaller chance of being eaten by predators than do copepods that remain near and feed on the bioluminescent dinoflagellates.
C)   The light emitted by bioluminescent dinoflagellates is of sufficient wavelength and energy to be dangerous to feeding copepods.
D)   None of the answer choices are correct.
E)   Bioluminescent flagellates benefit from selection of flashing, because it startles the copepods.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

All protists are single-celled.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Euglena and dinoflagellates have chloroplasts and flagella.This means they are which of the following?

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A)   multicellular and mobile
B)   photosynthetic
C)   mobile
D)   multicellular
E)   photosynthetic and mobileF) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 17

Euglena have chloroplasts and can perform phagocytosis.Euglena would be considered which of the following?

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A)   detritovores
B)   heterotrophs and detritovores
C)   autotrophs and heterotrophs
D)   autotrophs
E)   heterotrophsF) A) and B)
G) B) and E) C

Question 18

A contractile vacuole is not

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A)   used to pump water out of a cell.
B)   used to pump water into a cell.
C)   None of the answer choices are correct.
D)   found in Paramecium.
E)   an organelle.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Golden algae,diatoms,and brown algae contain yellowish pigments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which algae group has the largest multicellular forms?

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A)   brown algae
B)   diatoms
C)   red algae
D)   golden algae
E)   green algaeF) A) and E)
G) B) and D) A

Exam 18: Protists

Chlamydomonas is multicellular,produces motile haploid sperm,and is photosynthetic.Chlamydomonas is which of the following?

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Slime molds may exist as either single amoeboid cells or large masses of cells that behave as one multicellular organism.

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A protective layer made of rigid or elastic protein strips surrounding the cell membrane of euglenoids is a

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The microscopic food that supports the ocean's vast food webs is

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Protists can be autotrophs.

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The engulfment of food particles by a heterotrophic protist cell is

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African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei,a unicellular flagellated protist that infects red blood cells after being injected into the bloodstream.Trypanosoma brucei is which of the following?

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The Irish potato famine in the mid-1840s was caused by a heterotrophic protist,Phytophthora infestans,which was successful in widespread infection of potato plants,largely because it was

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Trichonympha is a unicellular flagellated protist that lives within termites and allows the termite to be able to "digest" wood.Trichonympha is which of the following?

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Some protozoa have cell structures that are formed as temporary extensions of the cell membrane,allowing the cell to detect and respond to their environment,and to catch and engulf food.These extensions are called

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Based on the theory of endosymbiosis,which of the following would you expect to find in a chloroplast?

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When Abrams and Townsend investigated the natural selection of copepods that avoid predation of bioluminescent dinoflagellates,which of the following best states the hypothesis they were testing?

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All protists are single-celled.

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Euglena and dinoflagellates have chloroplasts and flagella.This means they are which of the following?

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Euglena have chloroplasts and can perform phagocytosis.Euglena would be considered which of the following?

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A contractile vacuole is not

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Golden algae,diatoms,and brown algae contain yellowish pigments.

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Which algae group has the largest multicellular forms?

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Exam 18: Protists

Chlamydomonas is multicellular,produces motile haploid sperm,and is photosynthetic.Chlamydomonas is which of the following?

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Slime molds may exist as either single amoeboid cells or large masses of cells that behave as one multicellular organism.

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A protective layer made of rigid or elastic protein strips surrounding the cell membrane of euglenoids is a

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The microscopic food that supports the ocean's vast food webs is

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Protists can be autotrophs.

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The engulfment of food particles by a heterotrophic protist cell is

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African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei,a unicellular flagellated protist that infects red blood cells after being injected into the bloodstream.Trypanosoma brucei is which of the following?

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The Irish potato famine in the mid-1840s was caused by a heterotrophic protist,Phytophthora infestans,which was successful in widespread infection of potato plants,largely because it was

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Trichonympha is a unicellular flagellated protist that lives within termites and allows the termite to be able to "digest" wood.Trichonympha is which of the following?

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Some protozoa have cell structures that are formed as temporary extensions of the cell membrane,allowing the cell to detect and respond to their environment,and to catch and engulf food.These extensions are called

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Based on the theory of endosymbiosis,which of the following would you expect to find in a chloroplast?

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When Abrams and Townsend investigated the natural selection of copepods that avoid predation of bioluminescent dinoflagellates,which of the following best states the hypothesis they were testing?

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All protists are single-celled.

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Euglena and dinoflagellates have chloroplasts and flagella.This means they are which of the following?

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Euglena have chloroplasts and can perform phagocytosis.Euglena would be considered which of the following?

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A contractile vacuole is not

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Golden algae,diatoms,and brown algae contain yellowish pigments.

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Which algae group has the largest multicellular forms?

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