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Chapter 2 Science SG
Protists, Fungi, Algae, Protozoans, Mold, Mildews, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one- or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike animallike or funguslike | protists |
| chlorophyll containing plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis | algae |
| long thin whiplike structure that helps organism move through moist or wet surrounding | flagellum |
| one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, siol, and living and dead organisms. | protozoan |
| in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly | cilia |
| temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food | pseudopod |
| a process in which chlorophyll containing organisms use energy from the light and change carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars and oxygens | photosynthesis |
| threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus | hyphae |
| water proof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism | spore |
| club-shaped reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores | basidium |
| saclike spore producing structure of sac fungi | ascus |
| form of asexual reproduction in which a new genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent | budding |
| roound spore case of a zygote fungus | sporangium |
| organism made up of a fungus and a green alga or cyanobacterium | lichen |
| network of hypha and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from the soil | mycorrhizae |
| tangled mass of threadlike hyphae | mycelium |
| organisms that use dead organisms as a food source | saprophytes |
| the part of a fungi that provides that means for reproduction | fruiting body |
| club fungi | Phylum Basidiomycota |
| sac fungi | Phylum Ascomycota |
| zygote fungi | Phylum Zygomycota |
| scientific name for bread mold | Rhizopus Stolonifer |