TS EAMCET Zoology Unit 5: Locomotion and Reproduction in Protozoa — practice questions
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Practice TS EAMCET Zoology Unit 5: Locomotion and Reproduction in Protozoa in the app →Which structures help flagellates move through water?Ciliates move by using which structures?Amoebae move with the help of what?What are pseudopods in an amoeba?Which cytoskeletal protein filaments drive pseudopod formation in amoebae?Pseudopods of the genus Amoeba are typically of which type?Foraminifera form which kind of pseudopods?Radiolaria and Heliozoa bear stiff radiating pseudopods called what?Euglypha and Gromia have slender, thread-like pseudopods of which type?Why can an amoeba move freely and change shape?Amoebae with no hard covering are called what?Which organelle expels excess water from freshwater amoebae?Why do marine amoebae usually lack a contractile vacuole?Freshwater is what relative to the cytosol of an amoeba?How do amoebae typically ingest food?An amoeba lacks which feeding structure?Feeding on dissolved nutrients through membrane vesicles is called what?Most protozoa reproduce asexually by which process?When does sexual reproduction usually occur in free-living protozoa?Many parasitic protozoa reproduce in what way?In protozoa, sexual exchange of genes is typically through what?How can protozoa survive long dry periods?Which type of cell covering do most protozoa lack?Which protozoa have a pellicle supported by a cytoskeleton?In euglenids, the pellicle is formed from what?In ciliates, the pellicle includes closely packed vesicles called what?What term describes protozoa attached to a substrate and not moving?The term theront refers to which stage?A Paramecium propels itself by the movement of what?A Paramecium cilium beats in how many phases?During the fast effective stroke, the cilium is how?What is the avoidance reaction in Paramecium?The coordinated waves of ciliary activity are likened to what?Which organelles of Paramecium discharge defensive filaments?Paramecium has how many kinds of nuclei in its nuclear apparatus?Which nucleus of Paramecium is the germline nucleus?The macronucleus of Paramecium controls what?The only mode of reproduction in ciliates that increases cell number is what?During Paramecium fission, how does the macronucleus divide?In which plane does a Paramecium cell divide during fission?What is autogamy in Paramecium?Conjugation in Paramecium is a phenomenon of which kind?What is exchanged between conjugating Paramecia?In P. caudatum conjugation, meiosis gives how many haploid micronuclei per cell?How many of the four meiotic micronuclei disintegrate in conjugation?What happens to the old macronucleus after conjugation?Paramecium tetraurelia lines die after about how many fissions without sex?Which feature of Euglena enables it to swim?The flexible, contractile body movement of Euglena is called what?Movement of Euglena toward light is called what?Euglena reproduces mainly by which method?In Euglena fission, where does the cleavage first form?What does Euglena form when food is scarce or moisture is low?