FUNGUS-LIKE PROTISTS

Question 1

What are the general characteristics of fungus-like protists (2)

Answer 1

• They are Heterotrophic
• They feed on dead plant material and bacteria

Question 2

Describe a cellular slime mold

Answer 2

They live colonially as large masses of cells that surround organic matter

Question 3

In Plasmodial slime molds, what does the large mass contain

Answer 3

Multiple diploid nuclei but no cell walls or membranes

Question 4

What kind of movement does Plasmodial slime molds contain

Answer 4

Amoebic-like movement

Question 5

What happens when food becomes scarce in the Plasmodial slime mold

Answer 5

A transition begins from the large mass into an animal like form, then into an upright reproduction structure

Question 6

What is the upright reproduction structure called

Answer 6

A Fruiting Body

Question 7

Describe Water Molds

Answer 7

• They’re fuzzy and white growths over decaying matter
• They resemble fungi in the way they eat (threads over a food source, digests it, then absorbs the nutrients)
• During some time in their life, they will produce flagellated reproductive cells

Question 8

Describe Downy mildews (1)

Answer 8

• Appear on the Underside of leaves

Question 9

What does downy mildews cause

Answer 9

Decreased photosynthesis

Question 10

When talking about downy mildews, what type of conditions will further any infestations

Answer 10

HUMID