All protists are
A) unicellular.
B) eukaryotic.
C) symbionts.
D) mixotrophic. - Answers B) eukaryotic
2. Dinoflagellates
A) possess two flagella.
B) are all autotrophic.
C) lack mitochondria.
D) include species that cause malaria. - Answers A) possess two flagella.
3. Which process in Paramecium results in genetic recombination but no increase in population size?
A) budding
B) meiotic division
C) conjugation
D) binary fission - Answers C) conjugation
4. Green algae differ from land plants in that many green algae
A) are unicellular.
B) have chloroplasts.
C) have alternation of generations.
D) have cell walls containing cellulose. - Answers A) are unicellular.
5. Super cells characteristic of plasmodial slime molds result when which one of the following common
cellular
processes does not occur?
A) mitosis
B) cytokinesis
, C) aerobic metabolism
D) phagocytosis - Answers B) cytokinesis
6. The organisms that cause malaria are members of which genus?
A) Toxoplasma
B) Plasmodium
C) Entamoeba
D) Trypanosoma - Answers B) Plasmodium
7. Unikonta is a supergroup that includes all of the following except
A) fungi.
B) protists.
C) animals.
D) plants. - Answers D) plants.
8. The organisms that cause sleeping sickness are members of which genus?
A) Toxoplasma
B) Plasmodium
C) Entamoeba
D) Trypanosoma - Answers D) Trypanosoma
9. An organism that is both an autotroph and a heterotroph is said to be
A) coenocytic.
B) mixotrophic.
C) bivalent.
D) phagocytic - Answers B) mixotrophic.
10. In most fungi, karyogamy does not immediately follow plasmogamy, which consequently
A) means that sexual reproduction cannot occur.
B) decreases the overall size of the organism.