Protists and Fungi

Multiple-Choice Exercise
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Choose the correct answer for each question.

Definition:
_____ - a type of reproduction—fission, budding, and regeneration—in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism.
1. asexual reproduction
2. sexual reproduction
3. mutation
4. intervention
Definition:
_____ – one- or many-celled eukarytic organism that can be plantlike,animal-like, or funguslike.
1. lichen
2. pseudopod
3. protist
4. saprophyte
Definition:
_____ – chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.
1. flagellum
2. ascus
3. algae
4. mycorrhizae
Definition:
_____ - long, whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings.
1. cilia
2. sporangium
3. saprophyte
4. flagellum
Definition:
_____ - one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms.
1. protozoan
2. ascus
3. basidium
4. pseudopod
Definition:
_____ – in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly.
1. flagellum
2. cilia
3. vacuole
4. cytoplasm
Definition:
_____ – temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food
1. flagellum
2. spores
3. pseudopods
4. hyphae
Definition:
_____ - organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.
1. hyphae
2. ascus
3. mycorrhizae
4. saprophyte
Definition:
_____ - waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells.
1. spore
2. vacuole
3. lichen
4. saprophyte
Definition:
_____ - club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores.
1. ascus
2. sporangium
3. basidium
4. lichen
Definition:
_____ - saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi.
1. basidium
2. ascus
3. sporangium
4. mycorrhizae
Definition:
_____ - form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent.
1. spore
2. protist
3. budding
4. mycorrhizae
Definition:
_____ - round spore case of a zygote fungus.
1. vacuole
2. sporangium
3. basidium
4. ascus
Definition:
_____ - organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium.
1. lichen
2. mycorrhizae
3. basidium
4. cilia
Definition:
_____ – network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil.
1. mycorrhizae
2. pseudopod
3. saprophyte
4. protozoan
Most species of fungi _____.
1. are many-celled
2. are single-celled
3. are extinct
4. contain chlorophyll
Fungi that obtain their food directly from living things are _____.
1. asexual
2. saprophytes
3. spores
4. parasites
All fungi share these characteristics:

Check all that apply.
1. Grow best in warm, humid areas.
2. Do not contain chlorophyll.
3. Are many-celled.
4. Are parasites
The red arrow in the diagram below is pointing to the _____.
1. ascus
2. diatom
3. zygospore
4. basidia
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
The organism shown below is _____.
1. an amoeba
2. a diatom
3. a Euglena
4. slime mold
5. a Paramecium
_____ is a club fungi.
1. A mushroom
2. Algae
3. Kelp
4. Basidia
_____ is a type of algae.
1. A mushroom
2. Kelp
3. Basidia
4. Mold
_____ are plantlike protists.
1. Diatoms
2. Basidia
3. Lichens
4. Algae
_____ cause red tides when found in large numbers.
1. Diatoms
2. Dinoflagellates
3. Mycorrhizae
4. Saprophyte
_____ protists usually reproduce asexually.
1. Anemic
2. Eukaryotic
3. Multi-celled
4. One-celled
_____ fungi make spores in their sporangia.
1. Zygote
2. Hyphae
3. Sponge
4. Bionic
_____ are threadlike tubes found in fungi.
1. Lichens
2. Flagella
3. Cilia
4. Hyphae
Carrageenan, a substance found in red algae, can be found in _____.

Check all that apply.
1. toothpaste
2. puddings
3. plastics
4. aerosols
Sac fungi produce spores in the _____.
1. cytoplasm
2. nucleus
3. synapse
4. ascus
_____ is an imperfect fungus.
1. Yeast
2. Penicillium
3. Bacteria
4. Athlete's foot
_____ helps a euglenoid to sense light.
1. Algae
2. Spectra
3. An eyespot
4. E.S.P.
_____ grow on bare rock and release acids. This helps break down rock.
1. Algae
2. Eubacteria
3. Lichens
4. Diatoms
Protozoans use _____ to sweep food into their oral grooves.
1. cytoplasm
2. their anal pore
3. vacuoles
4. cilia
Yeast is a _____ used for baking.
1. fungus
2. protist
3. protozoan
4. bacterium
Which of the following are classifications of protists?

Check all that apply.
1. animal-like
2. plantlike
3. funguslike
4. virus-like
An amoeba moves using _____.
1. a pseudopod
2. an arthropod
3. an iPod
4. a euglenoid
Paramecium use threadlike _____ to move quickly.
1. flagella
2. vacuoles
3. hyphae
4. cilia
All _____ protists contain chlorophyll.
1. animal-like
2. plantlike
3. funguslike
4. human-like
One-celled protists usually reproduce _____.
1. through cloning
2. through photosynthesis
3. sexually
4. asexually
_____ are algae that secrete glasslike boxes around themselves.
For example:
1. Diatoms
2. Euglena
3. Protists
4. Fungi
Amoebas use _____ to trap food particles and to move.
1. cytoplasm
2. euglenoids
3. pseudopods
4. protozoans
Which of the following are fungus-like protists?

Check all that apply.
1. slime molds
2. water molds
3. downy mildews
4. algae
_____ are good for the environment because they break down decaying matter and help to recycle nutrients.
1. Yeasts
2. Basidium
3. Sporangia
4. Saprophytes
_____ make up a lichen.
1. Cyanobacteria and a fungus
2. Chlorophyll and zygotes
3. Yeast and sugar
4. Club fungi
_____ make up a lichen.
1. Spores and chloryphyll
2. Fungus and green algae
3. Carbon dioxide and yeast
4. Mold and mildew
A(n) _____ is the club-shaped, reproductive sructure in which club fungi produce spores.
1. basidium
2. sporangia
3. ascus
4. zygote
_____ are footlike cytoplasmic extensions.
1. Pseudopods
2. Lichen
3. Spores
4. Cilia
_____ is a form of reproduction in which an organism grows off the side of the parent.
1. Budding
2. Sexual reproduction
3. Cloning
4. Mutation
_____ is a network of fungus hyphae and plant roots that benefits both.
1. A saprophyte
2. Sporangia
3. Protozoa
4. Mycorrhizae

Protists and Fungi

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2006 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

_____ - a type of reproduction—fission, budding, and regeneration—in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism.

_____ – one- or many-celled eukarytic organism that can be plantlike,animal-like, or funguslike.

_____ – chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.

_____ - long, whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings.

_____ - one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms.

_____ – in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly.

_____ – temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food

_____ - organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.

_____ - waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells.

_____ - club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores.

_____ - saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi.

_____ - form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent.

_____ - round spore case of a zygote fungus.

_____ - organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium.

_____ – network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil.

Most species of fungi _____.

Fungi that obtain their food directly from living things are _____.

All fungi share these characteristics:

The red arrow in the diagram below is pointing to the _____.

The organism shown below is _____.

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_____ is a club fungi.

_____ is a type of algae.

_____ are plantlike protists.

_____ cause red tides when found in large numbers.

_____ protists usually reproduce asexually.

_____ fungi make spores in their sporangia.

_____ are threadlike tubes found in fungi.

Carrageenan, a substance found in red algae, can be found in _____.

Sac fungi produce spores in the _____.

_____ is an imperfect fungus.

_____ helps a euglenoid to sense light.

_____ grow on bare rock and release acids. This helps break down rock.

Protozoans use _____ to sweep food into their oral grooves.

Yeast is a _____ used for baking.

Which of the following are classifications of protists?

An amoeba moves using _____.

Paramecium use threadlike _____ to move quickly.

All _____ protists contain chlorophyll.

One-celled protists usually reproduce _____.

_____ are algae that secrete glasslike boxes around themselves.For example:

Amoebas use _____ to trap food particles and to move.

Which of the following are fungus-like protists?

_____ are good for the environment because they break down decaying matter and help to recycle nutrients.

_____ make up a lichen.

_____ make up a lichen.

A(n) _____ is the club-shaped, reproductive sructure in which club fungi produce spores.

_____ are footlike cytoplasmic extensions.

_____ is a form of reproduction in which an organism grows off the side of the parent.

_____ is a network of fungus hyphae and plant roots that benefits both.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2006 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

_____ are algae that secrete glasslike boxes around themselves.
For example: