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protists and fungi
Question | Answer |
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one or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or funguslike | protists |
chlorophyll-containing, planylike protists that produce oxegen as a result of photosynthesis | algae |
long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings | flagellum |
one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms | protozoan |
in protists, short, threadlike structure that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate | cilia |
temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food | pseudopod |
the use of licht energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxede and water and gime off oxegen | photosynthesis |
mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes formingthe body of a fungus | hyphae |
waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism | spore |
club-shaped, reproductive structue in which club fungi productive spores | basidium |
saclike, spore-producing structur of sac fungi | ascus |
form of asexual reproduction in which a new, geneticaly-identical organism forms on the side of its parent | budding |
round sporecase of a zygote fungus | sporangium |
organism made up of a fungus and a green alga of a cyanobacerium | lichen |
network of hyphae and plany foots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil | mycorrhizae |
tangled mass of threadlike hyphae | mycelium |
organis that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms | saprophytes |
the reproductive structure of a fungus | fruiting body |
club fungi | phylum basidiomycota |
sac fungi | phylum ascomycota |
zygote fungi and other fungi | phylum zygomycota |
the scientific name for bread mold | rhizopus stolonofer |