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Decker Bio B
Protists and Fungi Chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protist | eukaryote that is not an animal, a plant, or a fungus. |
| protozoa | used informally to describe the many phyla of animal-like protists. |
| pseudopod | which means "false foot", is a temporary extension of cytoplasm and plasma membrane that helps protozoa move and feed |
| cilia | short hairlike structures that cover some or all of the cell surface and help the organism swim and capture food. |
| algae | photosynthetic plantlike protists. |
| slime mold | eukaryotic organisms that have both fungus-like and animal-like traits. |
| water mold | fungus-like protists that are made up of branching strands of cells. |
| chitin | a tough polysaccharide that is also found in the shells of insects and their close relatives |
| hyphae | long strands that the bodies of multicellular fungi are made of. |
| mycelium | an underground network of hyphae. |
| fruiting body | a reproductive structure of a fungus that grows above ground. |
| mycorrhizae | are mutualistic partnerships between fungi and the roots of certain plants; help the plant to fix nitrogen. |
| sporangia | structures at the tips of the hyphae that produce spores; found in fungi, algae, and some plants. |
| lichen | fungus that grows symbiotically with algae, resulting in a composite organs that grows on rocks or tree trunks. |