Protists and Fungi Study Guide
1. Protists are: (circle one)
a. prokaryotic/eukaryotic
b. most are unicellular/most are multicellular
c. autotrophs/heterotrophs/can be both
2. For each listed, explain how it obtains food.
a. Amoeba
b. Paramecium
3. Define the 3 types of protists listed below and give specific examples of each:
a. animal-like
b. plant-like
c. Euglena
c. fungi-like
4. Explain why amoeba and paramecium are animal-like protists:
5. Label the structures of amoeba:
v._______________________
w. _______________________
x. _______________________
y. _______________________
z. _______________________
6. List and briefly describe 3 types of structures that are used for locomotion by animal-like protists
(protozoan).
a.
b.
c.
7. What structure does amoeba use for movement?
8. Label the structures of paramecium:
A. _______________________
B. _______________________
C. _______________________
D. _______________________
E. _______________________
9. Explain how contractile vacuoles in paramecium help in maintaining homeostasis.
10. What happens in the process of conjugation?
11. Which protist is responsible for malaria? What type of protist is this?
12. What is the name of the organelle that plant-like protists have that enables them to perform
photosynthesis?
13. What are plantlike protists called?
14. Label structures A, B, C, and F of the euglena:
A.______________________
B. ______________________
C. ______________________
F. ______________________
15. What is unique about the way the euglena obtains food?
16. What structure helps euglena find sunlight?
17. What type of protists are diatoms and dinoflagellates? Why?
18. What types of protists are responsible for producing algal blooms?
19. Explain algae’s contribution to the air we breathe.
20. Which protists are multicellular?
21. What do fungus-like protists lack in their cell walls?
22. What is the ecological significance of fungus-like protists?
23. Name some examples of fungus-like protists.
24. How do protists reproduce?
25. List the major characteristics of fungi:
a. uni- or multi-cellular?
b. mode of nutrition:
c. prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
d. cell walls contain ______________________
26. Identify and define the following structures of fungi: fruiting body, hyphae, mycelium
27. List and describe the ways fungi reproduce.
28. How are fungi classified? Provide examples and major characteristics.
29. List and explain 2 types of fungal associations.