1Which of the following is not a characteristic of a protozoan?
many are autotrophic
2Phylum Sarcodina are characterized by
move by using pseudopods
3 African sleeping sickness is caused by which of the following protozoan?
Trypsonosoma
4Infection with the protozoan Plasmodium is so severe because within the human host they
invade ______________________ causing them to burst.
blood cells
5Most of the oxygen on earth is produced by ___________________ which are algae in the
phylum ___________________________.
phytoplankton, in phylum Chrysophyta
6 On the Emerald Coast there is an algae that is carefully monitored by biologists of the Florida
Fish and Wildlife. Name the algae and the phylum. BONUS +10 Points: Name the toxin that
this organism produces.
dinoflagellates, in phylum pyrrophyta. Bonus= red tide
7The amazing kelp forest off the California coast are algae of what phylum?
phylum Fhaeophta
8You are vacationing on 30A and notice these seaweed floating in on the surf. As a biologist, you know this is not a plant but algae of the phylum _____________________. Why are
they floating on the surf?
phylum Ochrophyta. what looks like berries are actually gas-filled floats known as pneumatocysts, which enable it to float on the water surface, maximizing exposure to sunlight and enhancing photosynthesis
9You are making a sandwich and notice a weird fuzz growing on the surface of the bread. As a biologist, you know this is an example of what organism?
bread mold