Question 1

Statospores are ornamented "resting" spores found in red algae.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following exhibit isogamous reproduction?

Accepted Answer

A)  water nets (Hydrodictyon) 
B)  Chlamydomonas 
C)  mermaid's wineglass (Acetabularia) 
D)  Ulothrix 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  water nets (Hydrodictyon) 
B)  Chlamydomonas 
C)  mermaid's wineglass (Acetabularia) 
D)  Ulothrix 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 3

The Kingdom Protista is considered to have the greatest diversity of all four kingdoms in the domain Eukarya.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The brownish pigment fucoxanthin is found in both diatoms and brown algae.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In a green alga such as Chlamydomonas, which of the following would you NOT expect to find?

Accepted Answer

A)  pyrenoids 
B)  chlorophyll d 
C)  eyespot 
D)  starch 
E)  flagella 
A)  pyrenoids 
B)  chlorophyll d 
C)  eyespot 
D)  starch 
E)  flagella

Question 6

The fungal-like protists include which of the following organisms?

Accepted Answer

A)  cryptomonads 
B)  slime molds and cellular slime molds 
C)  haptophytes 
D)  stoneworts 
E)  All of these are fungal-like protists. 
A)  cryptomonads 
B)  slime molds and cellular slime molds 
C)  haptophytes 
D)  stoneworts 
E)  All of these are fungal-like protists.

Question 7

The naked protoplast of a slime mold is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  plasmodium 
B)  fruiting body 
C)  plasmolyte 
D)  hyphae 
E)  sporulum 
A)  plasmodium 
B)  fruiting body 
C)  plasmolyte 
D)  hyphae 
E)  sporulum

Question 8

Which of the following sometimes, if not always, have an eyespot in their cells?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chlamydomonas 
B)  dinoflagellates 
C)  euglenoids 
D)  Ulothrix zoospores 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  Chlamydomonas 
B)  dinoflagellates 
C)  euglenoids 
D)  Ulothrix zoospores 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a carbohydrate food reserve of algae?

Accepted Answer

A)  paramylon 
B)  laminarin 
C)  cyanophycin 
D)  chrysolaminarin 
E)  floridean starch 
A)  paramylon 
B)  laminarin 
C)  cyanophycin 
D)  chrysolaminarin 
E)  floridean starch

Question 10

Euglenoids may obtain their food either by photosynthesis or by feeding like animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the common rockweed Fucus, the spherical chambers in which gametangia are produced are called

Accepted Answer

A)  oogonia. 
B)  antheridia. 
C)  receptacles. 
D)  spermatangia. 
E)  conceptacles. 
A)  oogonia. 
B)  antheridia. 
C)  receptacles. 
D)  spermatangia. 
E)  conceptacles.

Question 12

The pigments that give red algae their characteristic colors are

Accepted Answer

A)  anthocyanins. 
B)  phycobilins. 
C)  carotenes. 
D)  xanthophylls. 
E)  rhodopsins. 
A)  anthocyanins. 
B)  phycobilins. 
C)  carotenes. 
D)  xanthophylls. 
E)  rhodopsins.

Question 13

Chlamydomonas cells and Ulothrix zoospores both have

Accepted Answer

A)  contractile vacuoles. 
B)  ribbonlike chloroplasts. 
C)  conjugation tubes. 
D)  paramylon. 
E)  a pellicle. 
A)  contractile vacuoles. 
B)  ribbonlike chloroplasts. 
C)  conjugation tubes. 
D)  paramylon. 
E)  a pellicle.

Question 14

In the red alga Polysiphonia, meiosis takes place within

Accepted Answer

A)  tetrasporophytes. 
B)  male thalli. 
C)  female thalli. 
D)  carposporangia. 
E)  spermatangia. 
A)  tetrasporophytes. 
B)  male thalli. 
C)  female thalli. 
D)  carposporangia. 
E)  spermatangia.

Question 15

Which of the following do sexually reproducing water molds and Oedogonium have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  conidia 
B)  coenocytic hyphae 
C)  oogonia and antheridia 
D)  ascocarps and basidiocarps 
E)  None of these answers are correct. 
A)  conidia 
B)  coenocytic hyphae 
C)  oogonia and antheridia 
D)  ascocarps and basidiocarps 
E)  None of these answers are correct.

Question 16

Algae are placed into phyla based on their

Accepted Answer

A)  pigment forms. 
B)  cell wall composition. 
C)  stored carbohydrates. 
D)  habitat. 
E)  Pigment forms, cell wall composition, and stored carbohydrates are correct. 
A)  pigment forms. 
B)  cell wall composition. 
C)  stored carbohydrates. 
D)  habitat. 
E)  Pigment forms, cell wall composition, and stored carbohydrates are correct.

Question 17

Stoneworts and Oedogonium are both

Accepted Answer

A)  isogamous. 
B)  less complex in structure than Chlamydomonas or Ulothrix. 
C)  strictly asexual in reproduction. 
D)  attached to substrates by means of holdfasts. 
E)  oogamous. 
A)  isogamous. 
B)  less complex in structure than Chlamydomonas or Ulothrix. 
C)  strictly asexual in reproduction. 
D)  attached to substrates by means of holdfasts. 
E)  oogamous.

Question 18

Which of the following economically important products come(s) from diatoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  algin 
B)  agar 
C)  jelly beans 
D)  human food 
E)  polishes and reflectorized paint 
A)  algin 
B)  agar 
C)  jelly beans 
D)  human food 
E)  polishes and reflectorized paint

Question 19

When a slime mold spore germinates, the active cell that emerges is known as either a myxamoeba or a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  myxospore 
B)  swarm cell 
C)  amoebospore 
D)  pseudoplasmodium 
E)  zoospore 
A)  myxospore 
B)  swarm cell 
C)  amoebospore 
D)  pseudoplasmodium 
E)  zoospore

Question 20

Euglena differs from most green algae in having

Accepted Answer

A)  a flexible cell "wall." 
B)  a carbohydrate food reserve. 
C)  two kinds of chlorophyll pigments. 
D)  a glasslike, rigid cell wall. 
E)  two long functional flagella. 
A)  a flexible cell "wall." 
B)  a carbohydrate food reserve. 
C)  two kinds of chlorophyll pigments. 
D)  a glasslike, rigid cell wall. 
E)  two long functional flagella.

Exam 18: Kingdom Protista

Statospores are ornamented "resting" spores found in red algae.

Which of the following exhibit isogamous reproduction?

The Kingdom Protista is considered to have the greatest diversity of all four kingdoms in the domain Eukarya.

The brownish pigment fucoxanthin is found in both diatoms and brown algae.

In a green alga such as Chlamydomonas, which of the following would you NOT expect to find?

The fungal-like protists include which of the following organisms?

The naked protoplast of a slime mold is the ________.

Which of the following sometimes, if not always, have an eyespot in their cells?

Which of the following is NOT a carbohydrate food reserve of algae?

Euglenoids may obtain their food either by photosynthesis or by feeding like animals.

In the common rockweed Fucus, the spherical chambers in which gametangia are produced are called

The pigments that give red algae their characteristic colors are

Chlamydomonas cells and Ulothrix zoospores both have

In the red alga Polysiphonia, meiosis takes place within

Which of the following do sexually reproducing water molds and Oedogonium have in common?

Algae are placed into phyla based on their

Stoneworts and Oedogonium are both

Which of the following economically important products come(s) from diatoms?

When a slime mold spore germinates, the active cell that emerges is known as either a myxamoeba or a ________.

Euglena differs from most green algae in having

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