Chapter 18 – Kingdom Protista
Chapter 18
Kingdom Protista
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Kingdom Protista is characterized as having ______________________, making it
the most diverse of the eukaryotic kingdoms.
2. Algae populations are often commonly observed in aquatic or moist environments. They
have many common names, including _______________.
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3. Single-celled algae found in fresh or marine waters are
4. Algae are placed into phyla based on their
5. Algae and plants that become attached to other organisms without parasitizing them are
termed
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6. Which genus has some species that have separate female and male filaments with the male
filament being dwarf?
7. Which of the following exhibit isogamous reproduction?
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8. Which of the following reproduces asexually primarily by fragmentation?
9. Which of the following is the type of sexual reproduction shown by Spirogyra?
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10. Proteinaceous structures located on algal chloroplasts and thought to contain enzymes
associated with the synthesis of starch are
11. Which of the following sometimes, if not always, have an eyespot in their cells?
12. To which phylum of algae do desmids and mermaid’s wineglass belong?
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13. In a green alga such as Chlamydomonas, which of the following would you NOT expect
to find?
14. Chlamydomonas cells and Ulothrix zoospores both have
15. Stoneworts and Oedogonium are both
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16. Which of the following do the green algae Chlamydomonas and Oedogonium have in
common?
17. Which of the following do Spirogyra and Ulothrix have in common?
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18. The brownish pigment found in both brown algae and diatoms is
19. Diatom zygotes that are capable of rapidly increasing in size are
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20. The cells of which of the following are diploid?
21. Which of the following algae have reproductive cells that are unique in having the flagella
inserted laterally (on the sides of the cells)?
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22. In the common rockweed Fucus, the spherical chambers in which gametangia are
produced are called
23. Which algal group has silicon dioxide as part of the cell wall?
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24. No unicellular or colonial representatives of the _______________ algae have been found
to date.
25. Brown algae, diatoms, and yellow green algae are all classified in the phylum _________
based on shared features such as pigments, storage materials and reproductive characters.
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26. The function of a holdfast present in some species of brown algae is to
27. In which of the following algal groups is the whole organism (not just the reproductive
cells) motile (capable of moving)?
28. Although algae are found almost everywhere, the seaweeds that are most frequently found
in warmer ocean waters belong to the phylum commonly known as
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29. In the red alga Polysiphonia, meiosis takes place within
30. The pigments that give red algae their characteristic colors are
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31. Euglena differs from most green algae in having
32. Instead of a cell wall, this group of algae have a proteinaceous layer called the pellicle.
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33. The algae most responsible for bioluminescence in tropical ocean waters are
34. Which statement about the toxin associated with the red tide is INCORRECT?