Protists Review Questions

1. Discuss evidence that supports the theory that chloroplasts and mitochondria originated as prokaryotes that took up residence within other cells. [answer]
2. Draw life cycles that have haploid adults, diploid adults, and alternation of generations. Be able to state where each of the following occur in these life cycles: adult, gametes, spore, zygote [answer]
3. List the phyla of protists discussed in class. [answer]
4. Identify the phylum of each of the following types of protists: Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Spirogyra, Ulva, Fucus, Euglena, Amoeba, Paramecium, Trypanosoma
5. Give an example of each of the following kinds of green algae:
   unicellular [answer]
   filamentous [answer]
   colonial [answer]
   multicellular [answer]
6. Be able to identify organisms in each of the following phyla based on a list of their general characteristics. green algae, brown algae, red algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, amoeboids, ciliates, zooflagellates, sporozoans, plasmodial slime molds, cellular slime molds, water molds
7. Draw the life cycle of the following: Chlamydomonas, Ulva, Fucus, Plasmodial slime molds, Cellular slime molds
8. Discuss red tides. What phylum of protists produces them? [answer]
9. Describe the structure of typical brown algae. [answer]
10. What are isogametes? [answer]
11. What kind of algae help build coral reefs? [answer]
12. What is the main function of the contractile vacuole in protozoans? [answer]
13. What kind of organism produced the deposits of chalky fossils that built the White Cliffs of Dover? [answer]
14. Describe the plasmodium of an acellular slime mold. How does it differ from a cellular slime mold? [answer].