Protists Review Questions
- Discuss evidence that supports the theory that chloroplasts and mitochondria originated
as prokaryotes that took up residence within other cells. [answer]
- 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]
- List the phyla of protists discussed in class. [answer]
- Identify the phylum of each of the following types of protists: Chlamydomonas,
Volvox,
Spirogyra,
Ulva,
Fucus,
Euglena,
Amoeba,
Paramecium,
Trypanosoma
- Give an example of each of the following kinds of green algae:
unicellular [answer]
filamentous [answer]
colonial [answer]
multicellular [answer]
- 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
- Draw the life cycle of the following: Chlamydomonas,
Ulva,
Fucus,
Plasmodial
slime molds, Cellular
slime molds
- Discuss red tides. What phylum of protists produces them? [answer]
- Describe the structure of typical brown algae. [answer]
- What are isogametes? [answer]
- What kind of algae help build coral reefs? [answer]
- What is the main function of the contractile vacuole in protozoans? [answer]
- What kind of organism produced the deposits of chalky fossils that built the White
Cliffs of Dover? [answer]
- Describe the plasmodium of an acellular slime mold. How does it differ
from a cellular slime mold? [answer].
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