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protists and fungi
vocab test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one or many celled eukaryotic organism (plantlike, animal-like, funguslike) | protists |
| contain chlorophyll, plantlike protists, feed by photosynthesis | algae |
| long, this whiplike structure that helps organisms move | flagellum |
| one celled, animal-like protists that extend from the cell membrane | protozoan |
| short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane | cilia |
| "false foot" temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move and trap food | pseudopod |
| process in which producers use light energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxide and water to give off oxygen | photosynthesis |
| mass of threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus | hyphae |
| reproductive structure of a fungus | spore |
| club-shaped, reproductive structure in which a new, genetically identical organism forms on the side of its parent | basidium |
| saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi | ascus |
| asexual reproduction when genetically-identical organism forms on parent | budding |
| round spore case of a zygote fungus | sporangium |
| organism made of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium | lichen |
| network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil | mycorrhizae |
| tangled mass of thredlike hyphae | mycelium |
| organism that uses dead organisms as a food source | saprophytes |
| mushroom | fruiting body |