Protists and Fungi MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. A mushroom is a fungal

1. fruiting body.
2. mycorrhiza.
3. lichen.
4. yeast.

2. A protist is any organism that is not a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a(an)

1. eukaryote.
2. eubacterium.
3. prokaryote.
4. archaebacterium.

3. All fungi

1. make their food.
2. produce mushrooms.
3. absorb their food.
4. have chlorophyll.

4. An algal bloom is

1. the clouding of water by sewage.
2. a symbiotic relationship between algae and coral.
3. an enormous mass of algae.
4. none of the above

5. An important role of fungi in an ecosystem is

1. photosynthesis.
2. making alcohol.
3. breaking down dead organisms.
4. killing bacteria.

6. Dark fuzz that grows on bread is an example of

1. toadstool.
2. yeast.
3. spore.
4. mold.

7. Fungi do NOT

1. carry on photosynthesis.
2. digest food outside their bodies.
3. grow on their food source.
4. absorb food through their cell walls.

8. Fungi feed on

1. only living organisms.
2. both living and dead organisms.
3. only dead organisms.
4. only other fungi.

9. Fungi resemble plants in that they both always

1. have stems.
2. are multicellular.
3. grow from the ground.
4. have cell walls.

10. Fungi that absorb food from decaying organic matter are

1. parasites.
2. mutualists.
3. saprobes.
4. autotrophs.

11. Funguslike protists get nutrients by

1. photosynthesis.
2. absorbing them from dead or decaying matter.
3. living as an animal parasite.
4. none of the above

12. In an amoeba, a small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is called a

1. gullet.
2. food vacuole.
3. pseudopod.
4. contractile vacuole.

13. Many algae switch back and forth between diploid and haploid stages during their life cycle in a process known as

1. alternation of generations.
2. sexual reproduction.
3. fusion of opposite mating types.
4. asexual reproduction.

14. Most fungi reproduce

1. asexually only.
2. both sexually and asexually.
3. sexually only.
4. by budding.

15. Protists that break down organic material include the

1. funguslike protists.
2. plantlike protists.
3. animallike protists.
4. none of the above