Chapter 5 Questions

Question 1

Which Genus includes the causative agent for Malaria?

A. Euglena
B. Paramecium
C. Plasmodium
D. Trypanosoma

Answer 1

plasmodium

Question 2

Which protist is a concern because of its ability to contaminate water supplies and cause diarrheal illness?

A. Plasmodium Vivaldi
B. Toxoplasma Gondii
C. Giardia Lamblia
D. Trichonmonas Vaginalis

Answer 2

Giardia Lamblia

Question 3

A fluke classified within which of the following?

A. Nematoda
B. Rotifera
C. Platyhelminthes
D. Annelida

Answer 3

Platyhelminthes

Question 4

A non segmented worm is found during a routine colonoscopy of an individual who reported having abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting. This worm is likely which of the following.

A. Nematode
B. Fluke
C. Trematode
D. Annelid

Answer 4

Nematode

Question 5

A segmented worm has male and female reproductive organs in each segment. Some use Hooks to attach to the intestinal wall. Which type of worm is this?

A. Fluke
B. Nematode
C. Cestode
D. Annelid

Answer 5

Cestode

Question 6

Mushrooms are a type of which of the following?

A. Conidia
B. Ascus
C. Polar Tubule
D. Basidiocarp

Answer 6

Basidiocarp

Question 7

Which of the following is the most common cause of human yeast infections?

A. Canada Albicans
B. Blastomyces Dermatitidis
C. Cryptococcus Neoformans
D. Aspergillus Fumigatus

Answer 7

Candida Albicans

Question 8

Which of the following is an ascomycete fungus associated with bat droppings that can cause a respiratory infection if inhaled?

A. Candida Albicans
B. Histoplasma Capsulatum
C. Rhizopus Stolonifera
D. Trichophyton Rubrum

Answer 8

Histoplasma Capsulatum

Question 9

Which polysaccharide found in red algal cell walls is a useful solidifying agent?

A. Chitin
B. Cellulose
C. Phycoeythrin
D. Agar

Answer 9

Agar

Question 10

Which is the term for the hard outer covering of some dinoflagellates?

A. Theca
B. Thallus
C. Mycelium
D. Shell

Answer 10

Theca

Question 11

Which protist are associated with red tides?

A. Red algae
B. Brown algae
C. Dinoflagellates
D. Green algae

Answer 11

Dinoflagellates

Question 12

You encounter a lichen with leafy structures. Which term described this Lichen?

A. Crustose
B. Foliose
C. Fruticose
D. Agarose

Answer 12

Foliose

Question 13

Which of the following is the term for the outer layer of a lichen?

A. The cortex
B. The medulla
C. The Thallus
D. The Theca

Answer 13

Cortex

Question 14

The fungus in a lichen which of the following?

A. A basidiomycete
B. An ascomycete
C. A zygomycete
D. An apicomplexan

Answer 14

An ascomycete

Question 15

The plasma membrane of a protist is called the __________.

Answer 15

Plasmalemma

Question 16

Animals belongs to the same supergroup as the kingdom _________

Answer 16

Fungi

Question 17

Flukes are in class _____________

Answer 17

Trematoda

Question 18

A species of worm in which there are distinct male and female individuals as described as ________________.

Answer 18

Dioecious

Question 19

No senate hyphae are also called ______________

Answer 19

Coenocytic

Question 20

Unicellular fungi are called _______________.

Answer 20

Yeast

Question 21

Some Fungi have proven medical useful because they can be used to produce _______________

Answer 21

Antibiotics

Question 22

Structures in chloroplast used to synthesize and store starch are called _____________.

Answer 22

Pyrenoids

Question 23

Algae with chloroplast with three or four membranes are a result of ____________________ ____________________

Answer 23

Secondary endosymbiosis

Question 24

S. A

What are kinetoplastids?

Answer 24

When basal bodies and modified mitochondria

Question 25

S.A Aside from a risk of birth defects, what other effects might a toxoplasmosis infection have?

Answer 25

Other effects toxoplasmosis is the parasite may be responsible for altering infected humans behavior and personality traits

Question 26

What is the function of the ciliate macronucleus?

Answer 26

Ciliate are able to reproduce through conjugation where two cells attach to each other eventually through multiple divisions will create a macronucleus.

Question 27

What is the best defense against tapeworm infection?

Answer 27

Prevent eating undercooked and/or contaminated beef, pork, and fish

Question 28

S. A Which genera of fungi are common dermatophytes (fungi that cause skin infections)?

Answer 28

Trichophyton Microsporum and Epidermophyton capable of causing athletes foot, jock itch, and ring worm Candida Albicans causes vaginal, yeast infections,

Question 29

What is a dikaryotic cell?

Answer 29

When the cytoplasm of the + and - gametes fuse together producing a cell with two distinct nuclei

Question 30

S.A What is a distinctive feature of diatoms

Answer 30

They have frustules, which are outer cell walls of crystallized silica. Their fossilized remains are used to produce diatomaceous earth which can be used in filtration and insulation

Question 31

S.A Why are algae not considered parasitic

Answer 31

Because a algae is considers a protist that inhabitant a variety of habitats both aquatic and terrestrial while parasitic carrying out life cycle within a host or hosts causing illness

Question 32

S.A Which groups contain the multicellular algae?

Answer 32

Chromalveolata (dinoflagellates, diatoms, golden algae, and brown algae) Archaeplastida (Red and green algae)

Question 33

S.A What are three ways that lichens are environmentally valuable?

Answer 33

They are environmentally important, helping to create soil, providing food, and acting as indicators of air pollution

Question 34

Which of the following is true of lichens? A. Many produce important antimicrobials for research B. They are pathogenic autotrophs C. They are fast growing D. none of these choices are correct

Answer 34

A. Many produce important antimicrobials for research