chapter 8 test

Question 1

name the 3 protists

Answer 1

euglena, amoeba, paramecium

Question 2

how do amoeba move?

Answer 2

pseudopods

Question 3

how do paramecium move?

Answer 3

cilia

Question 4

how do euglena move?

Answer 4

flagellum

Question 5

how do amoeba eat?

Answer 5

engulfs using their pseudopods

Question 6

how do paramecium eat?

Answer 6

food vacuoles

Question 7

how do euglena eat?

Answer 7

eyespot detects light; protist performs photosynthesis

Question 8

are most protists single celled or multicellular?

Answer 8

single celled

Question 9

are protists’ cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

Answer 9

eukaryotic

Question 10

in what way are “plantlike” protists like a plant?

Answer 10

they make their own food through photosynthesis

Question 11

in what way are “animal-like” protists like animals?

Answer 11

most consume other organisms for food

Question 12

which group of protists do we call protozoa?

Answer 12

animal-like protists

Question 13

why do protists need a contractile vacuole?

Answer 13

to pump access water out of their bodies

Question 14

glass-like protists

Answer 14

diatoms

Question 15

name 2 ways that protists are helpful

Answer 15

provide food/ oxygen

Question 16

example of harm caused by protists

Answer 16

malaria, red tide

Question 17

junk drawer kingdom

Answer 17

kingdom Protista

Question 18

what does the mycelium of a mushroom look like

Answer 18

roots

Question 19

describe the process of extracellular digestion

Answer 19

fungi absorb the dead particles into their skin

Question 20

how do spores compare to the size of a typical seed?

Answer 20

very tiny

Question 21

how are spores spread from one place to another?

Answer 21

the wind

Question 22

mushrooms are a ….. fungus

Answer 22

club

Question 23

yeast is a ….. fungus

Answer 23

sac

Question 24

what important medicine comes from fungi?

Answer 24

penicillin

Question 25

how was penicillin discovered?

Answer 25

fleming went on a trip and left his bacterial cultures. mold got into the and killed the bacteria

Question 26

name 3 ways fungi are helpful

Answer 26

decomposition, penicillin, foods

Question 27

symbiotic relationship

Answer 27

when 2 different species grow together to help each other

Question 28

what is mycorrhiza formed by?

Answer 28

plants and fungi

Question 29

what do mycorrhiza get out of this relationship?

Answer 29

plants get more water and nutrients and fungi get food from plants

Question 30

what 2 organisms form lichen?

Answer 30

algae and fungi