SBI3U–DiversityofLivingThingsUnit Date:____________________________
KingdomProtistaSummary-ANSWERS
1.HowwastheKingdomProtistamainlyclassifiedincomparisontotheotherKingdoms?
THEYARENOTCLASSIFEDTOGETHERBASEDONSIMILIARITIESBECAUSETHEYDONOTFITINTOANYOF
THEOTHERKINGDOMS.
2.Correctlycompletethefollowingdiagrambyfillingthespaceswiththeassociatedletter.
ACONTRACILEVACUOLE
A B BCILIA
CMACRONUCLEUS
DD
C DGULLET(ORALGROOVE)
3.Whatarethefunctionsof(B)intheabovediagram? ______LOCOMOTION_______________
_____MOVEFOODINTOTHEGULLET_
4.Protistsaregroupedintothreemaincategories.Whataretheyandtheirgeneralcharacteristics?
Category
GeneralCharacteristics
-HETEROTROPHIC
-MOTILE
ANIMAL-LIKE
PLANT-LIKE
-PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC
FUNGUS-LIKE
CONSUMENUTRIENTSFROMDEAD/LIVING
ORGANISMS
5.Identifythemotilitystructureseachoftheprotistsatrightusetomove:
Protist
MotilityStructure
Amoeba
PSEUDOPODS
Euglena
FLAGELLUM
Paramecium
CILIA
Fillintheblanksbelowwiththemostcorrectanswer. 6.Parameciaundergoaformofasexualreproductioncalled__BINARYFISSION______,whichisdirectedby
the_____MACRONUCLEUS______.Sexually,parameciumreproducebyCONJUGATION.