Question | Answer |
What is plant like protist also called? | algae |
What are the groups of plant-like protists? | diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, red algae, green algae and brown algae |
What characteristics do euglenoids have? | of animal and plants |
What are animal like protists known as? | protozoans |
How are plant like protists classified? | by how they move |
What are the two groups of animal like protists? | ciliates and flagellates |
What is an example of ciliates? | paramecium |
What are the three groups of fungus like protists? | downy mildews, slime molds and water molds |
What do fungus like protists spores have? | flagella |
What are the characteristics of plant like protists? | have chlorophyll, use photosynthesis, and have cell walls |
What characteristics do animal like protists have? | they cant make their own food, capture other organisms for food, dont have cell walls, have a specialized way to move from place to place |
What characteristics do fungus like protists have? | they cant make own food, absorb food from surroundings and some have cell walls |
What is an example of club fungi? | mushroom |
What are the spores of club fungi? | basidium |
What is an example of sac fungi? | yeasts and molds |
What are the three main types of fungus? | club fungi, sac fungi and zygote fungi |
What are the spores of sac fungi called? | ascus |
What are some examples of zygote mold? | fuzzy black mold |
What are the spores of zygote fungi? | sporangium |
What is imperfect fungi? | hasn't been seen to or doesnt reproduce |
What is an example of imperfect fungi? | penicillium (penicillin) |
Why is fungi important? | produce disease, destroy crops, are decomposers and are used in medicine |
Why are lichens important? | important food source for animals, help monitor pollution levels and weather rocks. |
What is basidium? | club shaped spores of club fungi |
What is ascus? | sac like structured pores of sac fungi |
What are sporangium? | round shaped spores in zygote fungi |
What is budding? | sexual reproduction when a new organism forms on the side of the parent organism |
What is algae? | plant like protists |
What are hyphae? | mass of many celled threadlike tubes |
Whats a pseudopod? | fake foot |
What are cilia? | short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane |
What are protozoans? | one celled animal like protists |
What are saprophytes? | organisms that absorb food from dead or decaying tissues of other organisms |
Whats a spore? | waterproof reproductive cell |
Whats a protist? | one or many celled organisms that live in moist or wet surroundings |
What is mycorrhizae? | a network of hyphae and roots |
Whats a flagellum? | long, thin whiplike structure used for movement |
What do water molds feed on? | dead organisms |