Slime moulds form a plasmodium under suitable conditions. What happens to this plasmodium during unfavourable conditions?
1. It forms two thin overlapping shells.
2. It differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing spores.
3. It becomes photosynthetic.
4. It releases toxins to kill other marine animals.
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Match the columns: 
 Column -I Column-II
A. Plasmodium (i) Diatoms 
B. Mixotrophic nutrition (ii) Euglenoids
C. Red tide (iii) Dinoflagellates
D. Oceanic chief producers (iv) Slime moulds

1. A = (iv) , B = (ii) , C = (iii), D = (i) 
2. A = (i) , B = (iv) , C = (iii), D = (ii)
3. A = (i) , B = (ii) , C = (iii), D = (iv)
4. A = (iv) , B = (iii) , C = (i), D = (ii)   
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The spores of slime moulds are dispersed by:
1. Water
2. Birds
3. Air currents
4. Bees
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The body of slime moulds : 
1. Moves along the decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic material 
2. Do not form plasmodium 
3. Forms plasmodium and can maximally grow upto 2 cm 
4. Are usually green coloured 
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During unfavorable conditions, the plasmodium of slime moulds differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing

1. Spores at their tips

2. Gametes at their basal part

3. Gametes at their tips

4. Spores at their basal part

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Slime moulds are _____(i)______protists. The body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing
organic material under suitable conditions, they form an aggregation called_____(ii)______which may
grow and spread over several feet.

In above question (i) & (ii) are respectively.

1.  (i) Autotrophic,                                    (ii) plasmodium

2.  (i) Chemosynthetic autotrophic           (ii) plasmodium

3.  (i) Saprophytic,                                   (ii) Phycobiont

4.  (i) saprophytic,                                    (ii) plasmodium

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_________ are saprophytic protists, whose body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic material.

1. Euglenoids

2. Dinoflagellates

3. Chrysophytes

4. Slime moulds

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