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Chapter 2
Fungus and Prosists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One or many celled eukaryotic organisms that can be plantlike, animallike, or funguslike. | protists |
| chlorophyll containing, plantlike protist that produces oxygen as a result of photosyntheisis. | Algae |
| long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings | flagellum |
| one celled animallike protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms | protozoan |
| in protists, short threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism | cilia |
| temporary cytoplasmistic extentions used by some protists to move about and trap food. | pseudopod |
| phprocess of which plandts and many other organisms use light energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxide and water to give off oxygen. | photosynthesis |
| mass of many celled threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus. | hyphae |
| waterproof reproductive cell of a zygote fungus. | 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 geneitially identical organism forms on the side of its parent | budding |
| round spore case of a zygote fungus | sporeangium |
| organism made up of a fungus and a green algae or a cyanobacteria | lichen |
| network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil. | mycorrhizae |
| threadlike hyphae in a tangled mass | mycelium |
| organisms that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are avaiable for use by other organisms | saprophyte |
| phylum basisiomycota | club fungi |
| reproductive part of a fungi | fruiting body |
| phylum ascomycota | sac fungi |
| phylum Zygomycota | zygote fungi |
| rhizopus stolonifer | bread mold |