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According to endosymbiosis, eukaryotic cells may have evolved from

An amoeba moves and feeds by extending a temporary extension of its cytoplasm called a

To which group do amoebas and forams belong?

The protozoan Plasmodium is carried by mosquitoes and causes the disease known as

Which type of protist is likely to be found growing on decaying organic matter in a damp, nutrient-rich environment?

The funguslike protists that thrive on dead or decaying organic matter in water and are plant parasites on land are

Which of the following diseases spread by the tsetse fly does the protozoan known as Trypanosoma cause?

What structure of an plasmodial slime mold is analogous to the colony of cellular slime molds?

A person who comes down with malaria can infer that he or she contracted it from

Which of the statements is true about dinoflagellates?

The population of small, photosynthetic organisms found near the surface of the ocean is called

An example of a multicellular green alga is

What characteristic of green plants is shared by green algae?

Red algae lack

The multicellular algae most likely to be observed at great depths are the

Most funguslike protists get nutrients by

When the amoebalike cells of plasmodial slime molds fuse, they form a structure with many nuclei called a(n)

Protists that break down organic material include the

The destruction of the Irish potato crop in the mid-1800s was caused by a

Which organism would most likely be present in a water sample collected during a red tide?