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Who was first to observe protists with self-made simple microscopes in 1677?
Matthias Schleiden
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
What is the name for the "false feet" of amoebae that allow them to move and capture foot?
cilia
chloroplasts
flagella
pseudopods
Which of the following is NOT TRUE of protozoa (animal-like protists)?
many protozoa move around in their environment
they are heterotrophs
they are unicellular
they have a cell wall
A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as a plant, animal, or fungus is a _____________ .
bacterium
protist
archaeon
heterotroph
Which protist is pictured?
Euglena
Amoeba
Paramecium
Giardia
Which of the following are true of protozoa? (multiple answers possible)
heterotrophic
prokaryotic
have a cell wall
unicellular
The protozoan pictured is Frontonia leucas. Look carefully at the image. How does this organism move around in its environment?
flagella
contractile vacuole
cilia
pseudopods
Which of the following are structures found in Euglena species? (multiple answers possible)
nucleus
chloroplasts
eyespot
flagellum
Which Paramecium sp. organelle controls the everyday tasks of the cell?
contractile vacuole
macronucleus (large nucleus)
cytoplasm
micronucleus (small nucleus)
Which amoeba cell structure collects excess water from the cytoplasm and expels it from the cell?
oral groove
food vacuole
pseudopod
contractile vacuole
What term did Antoni van Leeuwenhoek use to refer to the tiny protists he observed from pond water?
protozoa
microorganisms
animalcules
eukaryotes
Which amoeba structure forms when the cytoplasm flows toward one location of the cell membrane and the rest of the amoeba follows?
food vacuole
contractile vacuole
pseudopod
pellicle
Which characteristic is true for all members of Kingdom Protista?
eukaryotic
unicellular
motile (i.e. able to move)
heterotrophic
Hairlike projections from a cell that move with a wavelike motion are called _________________ .
flagella
cilia
pseudopods
setae
Which of the kingdoms below contain eukaryotic organisms? (multiple answers possible)
Bacteria
Animalia
Archaea
Protista
Which of the following kingdoms contain eukaryotic organisms? (multiple answers possible)
Archaea
Plantae (i.e. plants)
Fungi
Protista
Which Euglena structure is made up of light-sensitive pigments and allows Euglena to determine the location of a light source?
nucleus
chloroplast
flagellum
eyespot
What is the name for the long, whip-like structures that move Giardia species around in their environment?
pellicles
cilia
flagella
spindle fibers
What type of protozoan is Plasmodium vivax (seen inside the red blood cells of this malaria patient)?
flagellate
parasite
pseudopod former
ciliate
The _________ of Paramecium takes in food particles and packages them into vacuoles.
oral groove
cytoplasm
contractile vacuole
micronucleus
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