Biology: Protists
Test Quiz
1. Protists belong to which of the following kingdoms?
a. Animal
b. Plant
c. Fungi
d. Bacteria
e. None of the Above
2. What is the scientific name for a protist cell?
a. Erythrocyte
b. Prokaryote
c. Eukaryote
d. Osteoclast
e. Microglial
3. What is the long tail called that some protists move back and forth to propel themselves?
a. Cilia
b. Legs
c. Pseudopodia
d. Wings
e. Flagella
4. What are the tiny hairs called that some protists flap together in order to move through water or liquid?
a. Cilia
b. Legs
c. Pseudopodia
d. Wings
e. Flagella
5. What is it called when protists extend part of their bodies to move by scooting or oozing?
a. Cilia
b. Legs
c. Pseudopodia
d. Wings
e. Flagella
6. How do protists gather energy?
a. They eat food and digest it internally
b. They secrete enzymes and digest their food externally
c. They use photosynthesis like plants
d. All of the above
e. None of the Above
7. What is a common way of dividing up different types of algae?
a. Height
b. Color
c. Taste
d. How they move
e. Size
8. Which type of slime mold can be very large, but is still only made from one cell?
a. Plasmodial
b. Algae
c. Amoeba
d. Bacteria
e. Cellular
9. What type of slime mold joins together with others of its type to take on different functions?
a. Plasmodial
b. Algae
c. Amoeba
d. Bacteria
e. Cellular
10. What small single-celled protists are shapeless and eat by engulfing their food with their bodies?
a. Plasmodial
b. Algae
c. Amoebas
d. Bacteria
e. Cellular
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