BIOLOGY 102L PRACTICE QUESTIONS
#19 & 20- PROTISTS
The following practice test has been prepared for you to get a general idea of what types of questions you might be expected to answer on your final laboratory exam. The questions included here are probably easier and more general than ones you might see on your actual exam. Only a few questions from each lab exercise have been included.
To take this practice test, write the correct answers to each question on some scrap paper. Then, at the end of the test, you will find the answers. If you miss a few and are unsure why, check with your lab instructor BEFORE you take your lab exam.
1. Consider the following image.
What organism is shown? Chlamydomonas
Does this organism undergo sexual reproduction? Yes
2. What organism is shown in the following two images? Spirogyra
What is happening on the right? Conjugation (sexual reproduction)
3. What organism is shown below? Volvox
What term describes sexual reproduction in this organism? Oogamy
4. What is shown below? Diatoms
What is their cell wall composed of? Glass (silicon dioxide)
5. Idnentify the following organism. Amoeba
How dos it move? Extension of pseudopodia ("false feet")
6. Identify these organisms. Euglena
Can it photosynthesize? Yes
7. Identify these organisms. Foraminiferans
8. Identify these parasites. Trypanosoma
What diseases do they cause? African sleeping sickness & Chagas disease
9. Identify the following. Paramecium
10. Some of these blood cells contain parasites that are barely visible. Identify the parasites. Plasmodium
What disease do they cause? Malaria
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