Protista Webquest

1. Are protists prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

Prokaryotic.

Eukaryotic.

2. When did protists evolve in relation to animals and plants?

Protists evolved last.

Protists evolved first.

Protists evolved after animals and before plants.

3. Algae used to belong to which kingdom before they were considered protists?

Animalia

Plantae

Bacteria

Archaebacteria

4. In terms of the number of cells, protists are:

Unicellular

Multicellular

Unicellular and multicellular

Dicellular

5. Eukaryotes have a ___________ and often membrane bound organelles, whereas prokaryotes do not have a ___________.

Nucleus, nucleus

Nucleus, cell membrane

Cell membrane, nucleus

Pseudopod, nucleus

6. Which industry are protists useful in?

Organic cheese production

Oil refining

The shipping industry

Sewage treatment

7. Why is the Volvox important?

It is not important.

Laboratories use it to study sexual reproduction.

Laboratories use it because it demonstrates cell death.

It is unicellular and one of only a few unicellular protists.