Question | Answer |
protists | one or many-celled eukaryotic organisms that can be plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like |
algae | chlorophyll-containing plant-like protists that produce oxygen as a result or photosynthesis |
flagellum | long, thin whip-like structure that helps organisms move throught moist or wet surroundings |
protozoan | one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms |
cilia | short, thread-like structures that extend from the cell membrane or a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly |
pseudopod | temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food |
photosynthesis | a process in which chlorophyll containing organisms use energy from light and change carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars and oxygen gas |
hyphae | mass of many-celled, thread-like tubes forming the body of a fungus |
spore | waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells inthe gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells |
basidium | club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores |
ascus | sac-like, spore producing structure of sac fungi |
budding | form of a asexual reproduction in which a new genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent |
sporangium | round spore case of a zygote fungus |
lichen | organism made up of a fungus of a green algae or a cyanobacteria |
mycorrhizae | network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil |
mycelium | tangled mass of thread-like hyphae |
saprophytes | organism that uses dead organisms as a sort of food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms |
fruiting body | the reproductive part of a fungus |
Phylum Basidiomycota | species that belong to the club fungi |
Phylum Ascomycota | species that belong to the sac fungi |
Phylum Zygomycota | species that belong to the zygote fungi |
What is the scientific name for bread mold? | rhizopus stolonifer |
Why is a mushroom like the "tip of an iceberg"? | because only a little bit sticks out, and the rest is under |
fungi [[singular or plural]] | plural |
fungus [[singular or plural]] | singular |
hypha [[singular or plural]] | singular |
hyphae [[singular or plural]] | plural |
basidium [[singular or plural]] | singular |
basidia [[singular or plural]] | plural |
flagellum [[singular or plural]] | plural |
flagella [[singular or plural]] | singular |