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Protists and Fungi
Chapter 2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algae | plant-like protists |
| ascus | a sack that contains spores on the sac fungi |
| basidium | a spore prducing sack on club fungi |
| budding | the way club fungi reproduce |
| cilia | tiny hairs that extend from the cell membrane |
| flagellum | a whip-like tail that helps with movement |
| hyphae | large tube-like structures on fungi |
| mycorrhizae | a tube-like structure formed by fungi and either cyanobacteria or green algae |
| protist | eukaryotic micro-organisms |
| protozoan | animal-like protists |
| pseudopod | a "false foot" that helps certain organisms move |
| saprophyte | a fungus that feed off dead or decaying organisms |
| sporangium | a sack-like structure thast contains spores on the zygote fungi |
| spore | the reproductive material of fungi |