UH MANOA BIO172 EXAM 1 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS

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UH MANOA BIO172 EXAM 1 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS

All protists are
A) unicellular.
B) eukaryotic.
C) symbionts.
D) mixotrophic. - correct answer -B) eukaryotic




2. Dinoflagellates
A) possess two flagella.
B) are all autotrophic.
C) lack mitochondria.
D) include species that cause malaria. - correct answer -A)
possess two flagella.




3. Which process in Paramecium results in genetic recombination
but no increase in population size?
A) budding
B) meiotic division

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C) conjugation
D) binary fission - correct answer -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. - correct answer -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 - correct answer -B) cytokinesis




6. The organisms that cause malaria are members of which
genus?
A) Toxoplasma

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B) Plasmodium
C) Entamoeba
D) Trypanosoma - correct answer -B) Plasmodium




7. Unikonta is a supergroup that includes all of the following
except
A) fungi.
B) protists.
C) animals.
D) plants. - correct answer -D) plants.




8. The organisms that cause sleeping sickness are members of
which genus?
A) Toxoplasma
B) Plasmodium
C) Entamoeba
D) Trypanosoma - correct answer -D) Trypanosoma




9. An organism that is both an autotroph and a heterotroph is said
to be
A) coenocytic.