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vocab

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