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protists and fungi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |