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Protists and Fungi
Vocab. for Ch. 2 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a one- or many-celled organism that lives in moist or wet surroundings | protist |
| plantlike protists | algae |
| a long, thin, whiplike structure used for movement | flagellum |
| one-celled, animal-like protist | protozoan |
| short, threadlike structures that stick out from the cell membrane | cilia |
| temporary extensions of the cytoplasm | pseudopods |
| the process plants use to get energy from the sun | photosynthesis |
| many-celled, threadlike tubes | hyphae |
| a waterproof reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism | spore |
| club-shaped spores | basidium |
| saclike spores | ascus |
| a form of asexual reproduction | budding |
| spores in a round spore case | sporangium |
| an organism made of fungus and either a green alga or a cyanobacterium | lichen |
| a network of hyphae and roots | mycorrhizae |
| mass of hyphae | mycelium |
| organisms that obtain food by absorbing dead organisms | saprophytes |
| a mushroom | fruiting body |
| club fungi | phylum basidiomycota |
| sac fungi | phylum ascomycota |
| zygote fungi | phylum zygomycota |
| What is the scientific name for bread mold? | rhizopus stolonifer |