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Chapter 2 StudyGuide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one-or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or funguslike | protists |
| chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen 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, & living and dead organisms | protozoan |
| in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable teh organism to move quickly | cilia |
| temorary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food | pseudopod |
| process by which plants and many other producers use light energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxide and water and gibe off oxygen | photosynthesis |
| mass of many-celled, thread like 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 |
| sac like, 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 |
| round spore case of a zygote fungus | sporangium |
| organism made up of a fungus and a geren algae or a cynobacterium | lichen |
| network of hyphae and plant roots that help plants absorb water and minerals from sil | mycorrhizae |
| tangled mass of thread like hyphae | mycelium |
| organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms | saprophytes |
| reproducting part of the funi | fruiting body |