Biology 121 - Unit 4 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
All protists are... - CORRECT ANSWER - Eukaryotic
What is an example of a parasitic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmodium
Falciparum (malaria causing)
What is an example of autotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Volvox
What is an example of a heterotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - slime mold
What is an example of a mixotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - euglena
How is the disease-causing protist Giardia Intestinalis transmitted? - CORRECT
ANSWER - through giardia intestinalis cysts-contaminated water and causes severe
diarrhea
What is trichomonas vaginalis? - CORRECT ANSWER - a sexually transmitted protist
that infects human's reproductive systems
What is Trypanosoma? - CORRECT ANSWER - protist that causes sleeping sickness
What is malaria caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmodium malariae or
plasmodium falciparum, transmitted by anopheles' mosquitoes
, What are some free-living protists? - CORRECT ANSWER - Paramecium and slime
molds, mixotroph Euglena, photoautotroph diatoms, golden algae, brown algae, red algae, and
green algae.
What are some different types of green algae? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chlamydomonas,
Volvox, and Ulva etc.
All fungi are... - CORRECT ANSWER - heterotrophy eukaryotes
How are hyphae formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - the germinated of haploid fungal
spores
What is the process called when different mating types of hyphae fuse together? - CORRECT
ANSWER - plasmogamy
What is the fusion of two haploid nuclei called? - CORRECT ANSWER - karyogamy
Fungi produce haploid cells but not.... - CORRECT ANSWER - gametes
What is a gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWER - the multicellular haploid form of plants
What is a sporophyte? - CORRECT ANSWER - a diploid form of plants
What is the dominate form in mosses and other non-vascular plants? - CORRECT
ANSWER - gametophyte
What is the dominate form in vascular seed or vascular seedless plants? - CORRECT
ANSWER - sporophyte
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
All protists are... - CORRECT ANSWER - Eukaryotic
What is an example of a parasitic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmodium
Falciparum (malaria causing)
What is an example of autotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Volvox
What is an example of a heterotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - slime mold
What is an example of a mixotrophic protist? - CORRECT ANSWER - euglena
How is the disease-causing protist Giardia Intestinalis transmitted? - CORRECT
ANSWER - through giardia intestinalis cysts-contaminated water and causes severe
diarrhea
What is trichomonas vaginalis? - CORRECT ANSWER - a sexually transmitted protist
that infects human's reproductive systems
What is Trypanosoma? - CORRECT ANSWER - protist that causes sleeping sickness
What is malaria caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmodium malariae or
plasmodium falciparum, transmitted by anopheles' mosquitoes
, What are some free-living protists? - CORRECT ANSWER - Paramecium and slime
molds, mixotroph Euglena, photoautotroph diatoms, golden algae, brown algae, red algae, and
green algae.
What are some different types of green algae? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chlamydomonas,
Volvox, and Ulva etc.
All fungi are... - CORRECT ANSWER - heterotrophy eukaryotes
How are hyphae formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - the germinated of haploid fungal
spores
What is the process called when different mating types of hyphae fuse together? - CORRECT
ANSWER - plasmogamy
What is the fusion of two haploid nuclei called? - CORRECT ANSWER - karyogamy
Fungi produce haploid cells but not.... - CORRECT ANSWER - gametes
What is a gametophyte? - CORRECT ANSWER - the multicellular haploid form of plants
What is a sporophyte? - CORRECT ANSWER - a diploid form of plants
What is the dominate form in mosses and other non-vascular plants? - CORRECT
ANSWER - gametophyte
What is the dominate form in vascular seed or vascular seedless plants? - CORRECT
ANSWER - sporophyte
