Glencoe Biology

Section 4: Funguslike Protists

Self-Check Quizzes

1
What is the cell wall made up of in a funguslike protist?
A)Chitin
B)complex carbohydrates
C)cellulose
D)slime
2
What is the name of the feeding stage of a slime mold in which it is a mobile cytoplasmic mass?
A)plasmodium
B)acrasin
C)colony
D)pseudopod
3
What happens when cellular slime mold gives off the chemical acrasin during a shortage of food?
A)rapid reproduction
B)produce flagella
C)germinate
D)form a sluglike colony
4
Which of the following does not happen when a water mold is obtaining nutrients?
A)envelop food source in a mass of threads
B)digest nutrients in a stomach-like compartment
C)break down the tissues
D)absorb nutrients through the cell wall
5
In which country did a type of downy mildew destroy the potato crop?
A)Ireland
B)England
C)Germany
D)United States
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